924 - Ælfweard of Wessex, King of Wessex, dies
1100 - William II of England dies
1377 - Russian troops are defeated in the Battle on Pyana River because of drunkenness.
1776 - The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
1790 -The first US Census is conducted.
1870 - Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, United Kingdom.
1918 - Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.
1918 - The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
1923 - As vice president, Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States after the death of Warren G. Harding
1943 - Rebellion in the Nazi death camp of Treblinka.
1989 - Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972.
1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
1998 - The Second Congo War begins.
Famous Birthdays
1455 - John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
1674 - Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
1696 - Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan
1834 - Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty
1858 - Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen consort of the Netherlands and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
1868 - Constantine I of Greece
1897 - Karl-Otto Koch, SS officer
1923 - Shimon Peres, 9th President of Israel
1932 - Peter O'Toole, actor
1943 - Max Wright, actor
1955 - Tim Dunigan, actor
1962 - Cynthia Stevenson, actress
1976 - Reyes Estévez, runner
1981 - Sara Foster, actress
1991 -Skyler Day, actress
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