3102 BCE - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga.
393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight year old son Honorius co-emperor.
1510 - Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity.
1570 - James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
1579 - The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
1719 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
1793 - Second Partition of Poland
1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
1909 - The RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
1912 - The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
1920 - The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
1937 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders.
1942 - World War II: The Battle of Rabaul begins, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign.
1943 - World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends.
1945 - World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
1963 - Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
1973 - President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
2003 - Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10.
Famous Birthdays
1350 - St. Vincent Ferrer, missionary and saint
1688 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
1896 - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
1907 - Dan Duryea, actor
1929 - Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
1947 - Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5th President of Indonesia
1957 - HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco
1971 - Scott Gibbs, rugby player
1981 - Julia Jones, actress
1987 - Felicia Brandström, singer
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