1576 - Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent – The States-General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
1620 - The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
1889 - Montana is admitted as the 41st US state.
1895 - While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
1923 - Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
1933 - Great Depression: New Deal – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.
1939 - In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
1960 - John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the twentieth century to become the 35th president of the United States.
1966 - Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
1987 - Remembrance Day Bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
2011 - The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passed 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
Famous Birthdays:
30 - Marcus Cocceius Nerva, Roman Emperor
1342 - St. Julian of Norwich, Anglican saint
1715 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia
1768 - Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, second daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1847 - Bram Stoker, novelist
1893 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, King of Siam/Thailand
1949 - Bonnie Raitt, singer
1968 - Parker Posey, actress
1970 - Tom Anderson, co-founder of Myspace
1985 - Jack Osbourne, television star
2003 - The Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and HRH Sophie, Countess of Wessex - tenth in line to the throne of the United Kingdom and commonwealth
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