1525 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptise each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
1720 - Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
1793 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
1864 - The Tauranga Campaign begins during the Maori Wars.
1887 - 465 millimetres (18.3 in) of rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
1899 - Opel manufactures its first automobile.
1908 - New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
1911 - The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
1919 - Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann (Irish parliament) in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
1925 - Albania declares itself a republic.
1948 - The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day.
1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
1976 - Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
1999 - War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lbs) of cocaine on board.
2008 - Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst result since 11 September 2001, and Asian stocks drop as much as 14%.
2011 - 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations
Famous Birthdays
1338 - King Charles V of France
1827 - Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, mathematician
1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian born American composer
1922 - Paul Scofield, actor
1924 - Benny Hill, actor, comedian, and singer
1937 - HRH Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, the heir presumptive to both the headship of the former Bavarian Royal House and the Jacobite Succession.
1953 - Paul Allen, entrepreneur, co-founder of Microsoft
1962 - Marie Trintignant, actress
1975 - Ito, footballer
1978 - Phil Stacey, singer
1979 - Brian O'Driscoll, rugby union footballer
1988 - Vanessa Hessler, Italian model
2004 - HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, second in line to the Norwegian throne.
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