Events
457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1074 - Battle of Montesarchio wherein the prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV, is killed battling the encroaching Normans.
1301 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
1550 - Julius III becomes Pope.
1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau - Napoléon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
1812 - The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking over it, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
1842 - Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
1856 - The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot. [1]
1863 - HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
1882 - The last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place in Mississippi City, Mississippi.
1894 - The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
1898 - Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
1904 - A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
1914 - Charlie Chaplin first appears as "The Tramp", as his first film Kid Auto Races at Venice is released at Keystone Studios.
1944 - World War II: In Anzio, Italy German forces launch a counteroffensive.
1944 - World War II: American Aircraft carrier strike on Truk.
1948 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff and was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley.
1962 - The United States Government bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1964 - The Beatles arrive at JFK International Airport to begin their first tour of the United States.
1967 - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.
1969 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is removed from service.
1974 - Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was known to science.
1979 - The final session of Iranian National Consultative Assembly is held.
1984 - Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
1986 - Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
1990 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly of power.
1991 - Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
1991 - The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
1992 - The Maastricht Treaty is signed, which will lead to the creation of the European Union.
1995 - Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah become the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
2000 - Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan.
Births
1979 - Jon Leicester, American baseball player
1980 - Dionne Quan, Chinese-American voice actress
1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
1983 - Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
1983 - Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress
1985 - Clara Bryant, American actress
1986 - Deanna Casaluce, Canadian actress
1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer
1988 - Matthew Stafford, American college footabll player
1989 - Louisa Lytton - British Actress
1990 - Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
1991 - Rachel Sibner, American actress
1992 - Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
1993 - David Dorfman, American actor
1992 - Miguel Andres Matienzo Guerra, Mexican athlete
1993 - Philip Wiegratz, German actor
1996 - Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
Deaths
1980 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904)
1985 - Matt Monro, English singer (b. 1932)
1986 - Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian (b. 1923)
1990 - Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1991 - Amos Yarkoni, legendary Israeli soldier (b. 1920)
1991 - Jean-Paul Mousseau, Quebec painter, member of Les Automatistes (b. 1927)
1992 - Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959)
1994 - Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer (b. 1913)
1994 - Stephen Milligan, British journalist and politician (b. 1948)
1996 - Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915)
1998 - Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920)
1999 - King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
1999 - José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914)
1999 - Bobby Troup, American musician and actor (b. 1918)
2000 - Big Pun, Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971)
2000 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947)
2001 - Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912)
2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906)
2002 - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (b. 1913)
2003 - Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
2003 - John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917)
2005 - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
2006 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914)
457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1074 - Battle of Montesarchio wherein the prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV, is killed battling the encroaching Normans.
1301 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
1550 - Julius III becomes Pope.
1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau - Napoléon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
1812 - The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking over it, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
1842 - Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
1856 - The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot. [1]
1863 - HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
1882 - The last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place in Mississippi City, Mississippi.
1894 - The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
1898 - Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
1904 - A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
1914 - Charlie Chaplin first appears as "The Tramp", as his first film Kid Auto Races at Venice is released at Keystone Studios.
1944 - World War II: In Anzio, Italy German forces launch a counteroffensive.
1944 - World War II: American Aircraft carrier strike on Truk.
1948 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff and was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley.
1962 - The United States Government bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1964 - The Beatles arrive at JFK International Airport to begin their first tour of the United States.
1967 - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.
1969 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is removed from service.
1974 - Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was known to science.
1979 - The final session of Iranian National Consultative Assembly is held.
1984 - Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
1986 - Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
1990 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly of power.
1991 - Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
1991 - The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
1992 - The Maastricht Treaty is signed, which will lead to the creation of the European Union.
1995 - Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah become the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
2000 - Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan.
Births
1979 - Jon Leicester, American baseball player
1980 - Dionne Quan, Chinese-American voice actress
1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
1983 - Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
1983 - Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress
1985 - Clara Bryant, American actress
1986 - Deanna Casaluce, Canadian actress
1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer
1988 - Matthew Stafford, American college footabll player
1989 - Louisa Lytton - British Actress
1990 - Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
1991 - Rachel Sibner, American actress
1992 - Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
1993 - David Dorfman, American actor
1992 - Miguel Andres Matienzo Guerra, Mexican athlete
1993 - Philip Wiegratz, German actor
1996 - Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
Deaths
1980 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904)
1985 - Matt Monro, English singer (b. 1932)
1986 - Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian (b. 1923)
1990 - Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1991 - Amos Yarkoni, legendary Israeli soldier (b. 1920)
1991 - Jean-Paul Mousseau, Quebec painter, member of Les Automatistes (b. 1927)
1992 - Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959)
1994 - Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer (b. 1913)
1994 - Stephen Milligan, British journalist and politician (b. 1948)
1996 - Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915)
1998 - Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920)
1999 - King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
1999 - José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914)
1999 - Bobby Troup, American musician and actor (b. 1918)
2000 - Big Pun, Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971)
2000 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947)
2001 - Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912)
2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906)
2002 - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (b. 1913)
2003 - Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
2003 - John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917)
2005 - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
2006 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914)
