312 - Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded.
969 - Byzantine troops occupy Antioch Syria.
1390 - First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
1422 - Charles VII of France becomes king in succession to his father Charles VI of France.
1863 - Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
1922 - The King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
1923 - Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
1941 - The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
1961 - Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
1964 - The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
2004 - The Arabic news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
Famous Birthdays:
1017 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
1832 - St. Narcisa de Jesús Martillo,
1875 - Queen Marie of Romania
1879 - Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany
1938 - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia
1957 - Dan Castellaneta, voice actor
1971 - Winona Ryder, actress
1983 - Johnny Lewis, actor
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