1435 - An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good (Philip III, Duke of Burgundy) ends the partnership between the English and Burgundy in Hundred Years' War.
1776 - Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
1780 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
1792 - The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy.
1939 - Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by ultranationalist members of the Iron Guard.
1942 - On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaytsi (west Ukraine) to Belzec extermination camp.
1942 - In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
1964 - Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1965 - Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
1971 - Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
1976 - Seychelles joins the United Nations.
1981 - Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
1984 - Brunei joins the United Nations.
1991 - Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
Famous Birthdays:
1051 - Bertha of Savoy, German Queen and Holy Roman Empress
1411 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne, great-grandson of King Edward III, father of Edward IV and Richard III and and grandfather of Edward V and Elizabeth of York, great grandfather of Henry VIII
1415 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
1706 - Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen of Sardinia
1819 - Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France
1840 - Murad V, Ottoman Sultan
1866 - Herbert George (H. G.) Wells, writer
1899 - Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army
1931 - Larry Hagman, actor
1945 - Shaw Clifton, the 18th General of The Salvation Army
1961 - Billy Collins, professional boxer
1981 - Nicole Richie, socialite
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