235 - Pope Pontian resigns. He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia.
365 - Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.
935 - St Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia.
1066 - William the Bastard (as he was known at the time) invades England beginning the Norman Conquest.
1448 - Christian I is crowned King of Denmark.
1791 - France becomes the first European country to emancipate its Jewish population.
1844 - Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden.
1912 - The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ulster Protestants in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II.
1939 - Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.
1950 - Indonesia joins the United Nations.
1960 - Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
1961 - A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
Famous Birthdays:
551 BC - Confucius, philosopher
1725 - Arthur Guinness, brewer, founded Guinness
1867 - Hiranuma KiichirÅ, Prime Minister of Japan
1910 - Diosdado Macapagal, 9th President of the Philippines
1945 - Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese Red Army founder
1982 - Nolwenn Leroy, singer
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