1666 - Great Fire of London ends: 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral are destroyed, but only 6 people are known to have died.
1725 - Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
1800 - Napoleon surrenders Malta to Great Britain.
1836 - Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas
1839 - United Kingdom declared First Opium War on the Qing Dynasty of China.
1882 - The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1937 - Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls.
1941 - Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
1960 - The boxer Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) is awarded the gold medal for his first place in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
1972 - Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day.
Famous Birthdays:
1187 - Louis VIII of France
1638 - Louis XIV of France
1771 - Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, poet, author, and playwright
1888 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 2nd President of India
1929 - Bob Newhart, actor and comedian
1942 - Eduardo Mata, conductor and composer
1965 - Chris Morris, comedian and actor
1978 - Yu Nan, actress
1987 - Pierre Casiraghi, son of HRH Caroline, Princess of Hanover
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