70 - Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions.
193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
1028 - Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected king of the Germans.
1205 - Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders.
1341 - Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.
1434 - The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid.
1471 - In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
1715 - The Yamasee War begins in South Carolina.
1775 - The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
1849 - Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
1865 - US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
1912 - The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40pm
1931 - Spanish Cortes depose King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the 2nd Spanish Republic.
1941 - World War II: The Ustashe, a Croatian far-right organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion.
1944 - Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
1945 - Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.
1978 - 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1986 - 1 kilogram (2.2 lbs) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.
1988 - In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
1999 - A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
2002 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
2007 - At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Famous Birthdays
1336 - Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan
1578 - Philip III of Spain
1738 - William Cavendish-Bentinck, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1741 - Emperor Momozono of Japan
1788 - David G. Burnet, president of the Republic of Texas
1857 - Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
1897 - Claire Windsor, actress
1907 - François Duvalier, dictator of Haiti
1941 - Julie Christie, actress
1949 - John Shea, actor
1967 - Nicola Berti, footballer
1973 - David Miller, tenor
1977 - Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress
1980 - Claire Coffee, actress
1987 - Korina Perkovic, tennis player
1990 - Christian Alexander, actor
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