1559 - King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
1688 - The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William (continuing the English rebellion from Rome), which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
1882 - Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of US President James Garfield.
1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity.
1917 - World War I: Greece declares war on the Central Powers.
1934 - The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
1937 - The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London
1960 - Congo gains independence from Belgium.
1966 - The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded
1977 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
1990 - East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
1997 - The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
Famous Birthdays
1470 - Charles VIII of France
1503 - John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
1890 - Paul Boffa, 5th Prime Minister of Malta
1919 - Ed Yost, inventor, invented the hot air balloon
1943 - Florence Ballard, singer
1954 - Serzh Sargsyan, 3rd President of Armenia
1966 - Mike Tyson, boxer and actor
1979 - Rick Gonzalez, actor
1983 - Cheryl Cole, singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
1985 - Michael Phelps, swimmer
1989 - David Myers, footballer
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