1056 - After a sudden illness a few days previous, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies without children to succeed the throne, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
1422 - King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.
1876 - Ottoman Sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.
1888 - Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
1945 - The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
1962 - Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
1991 - Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1994 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.
1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales dies after a car crash with Dodi Al-Fayed in Paris, France.
Famous Birthdays:
1569 - Emperor Jahangir of India
1870 - Maria Montessori, educator
1880 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
1907 - Ramon Magsaysay, 7th President of the Philippines
1940 - Jack Thompson, actor
1947 - Somchai Wongsawat, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
1958 - Julie Brown, actress
1970 - Nikola Gruevski, 6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
1970 - Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan
1971 - Pádraig Harrington, golfer
1981 - Mawnia Al-Kuwaitia, singer
1985 - Rolando, footballer
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