996 - Hugh Capet the first "King of the Franks" dies
1260 - Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself.
1648 - The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
1795 - Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia
1857 - Sheffield F.C., the world's first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.
1861 - The First Transcontinental Telegraph, line across the United States, is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
1901 - Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls, in a barrel
1912 - First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
1926 - Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.
1929 - "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
1945 - Founding of the United Nations
1964 - Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony until the nextyear, with the Unilateral Declaration of Independence)
1973 - Yom Kippur War ends
2003 - Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
2008 - "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
Famous Birthdays:
51 - Domitian, Roman Emperor
1503 - Isabella of Portugal, Queen consort of Castile, Galicia, Léon, Aragon, Majorca, Valencia, Naples and Sicily
1739 - Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Princess and composer
1887 - Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain
1891 - Rafael Trujillo, soldier and 36th President of the Dominican Republic
1936 - Bill Wyman, singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1950 - Gabriella Sica, Italian poet
1967 - Ian Bishop, cricketer
1976 - Matteo Mazzantini, rugby player
1985 - Wayne Rooney, footballer
1987 - Lincoln Lewis, actor
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