46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
871 - Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
1642 - King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war.
1649 - English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put King Charles I on trial.
1896 - Utah is admitted as the 45th US state.
1948 - Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1958 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit.
1959 - Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
1970 - A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Tonghai, China, killing at least 15,000 people.
1972 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England, United Kingdom.
2004 - Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
2007 - The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in US history.
2010 - Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, is officially opened.
Famous Birthdays:
1077 - Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China
1334 - Amadeus VI of Savoy
1785 - Jacob Grimm, philologist and folklorist (one of the Brothers Grimm)
1848 - Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan
1896 - André Masson, artist
1915 - Meg Mundy, actress
1934 - Rudolf Schuster, former President of Slovakia
1948 - Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, first female Malian prime minister
1954 - Tina Knowles, fashion designer, mother of Beyoncé
1966 - Deana Carter, singer
1982 - Richard Logan, footballer
1990 - Alberto Paloschi, footballer
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