3114 BC - According to the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started.
1522 - The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
1620 - The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16)
1885 - Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.
1939 - World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
1940 - King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
1944 - World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
1948 - Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.
1965 - War of 1965: India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which resulted in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate and follows the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
1968 - Swaziland becomes independent.
1991 - The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1991 - The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.
1997 - Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.
Famous Birthdays
1666 - Tsar Ivan V of Russia
1766 - John Dalton, chemist and physicist
1869 - Felix Salten, author
1913 - Julie Gibson, actress
1923 - Peter II of Yugoslavia
1937 - Jo Anne Worley, actress
1957 - José Sócrates, former Prime Minister of Portugal
1974 - Tim Henman, tennis player
1988 - Max George, singer
2006 - HIH Prince Hisahito of Akishino, third in line to become Emperor of Japan.
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