39 – Titus, Rome, 10th Roman Emperor (79-81), conqueror of Jerusalem, born
274 – St Felix I, dies and ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1066 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield (Northern England), Duke of York killed and his forces soundly defeated by forces for King Henry VI
1788 – Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86
1813 – British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
1825 – The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
1835 – After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R
1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
1861 – US banks stops payments in gold
1865 – Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936) was born.
1867 – Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic) Birthed
1873 – Al Smith, American politician and first Roman Catholic presidential candidate (D) (d. 1944) Born
1888 – Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star
1896 – Filipino nationalist José Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila by the Spanish.
1903 – Electric arc lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago leaving 602 dead in one of the deadliest blazes in American history
1905 – Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
1907 – Abraham Mills’ commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball
1910 – Paul Frederic Bowles, US composer/writer (Shelting Sky) Born
1919 – Lincoln’s Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student.
1922 – Creation of the USSR formally proclaimed in Moscow from the Bolshoi Theatre
1924 – Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces existence of other galactic systems at meeting of the American Astronomical Society
1926 – Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substantiated)
1928 – Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008) was born.
1934 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005) was born.
1934 – Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990) Born
1935 – Sandy Koufax, Dodger pitcher (Cy Young ’63, ’65, ’66, perfect-1967) Born
1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
1937 – Paul Stookey, singer/musician (Peter, Paul, & Mary) Born
1941 – Nazis require Dutch physicians to join Nazi organization
1942 – Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Monkees and First National Band) was born.
1942 – Fred Ward, (Henry and June) American actor and singer was born.
1943 – Subhash Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
1944 – Romain Roland, French writer/pacifist (Nobel 1915), dies at 78
1945 – Davy Jones, English singer and actor (The Monkees) (d. 2012) was born.
1946 – Patti Smith, rock vocalist (Radio Ethiopia), born in Chicago, Illinois, Born
1947 – Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys, The Move, and The Idle Race) was born.
1947 – King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne
1952 – Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US
1953 – The first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about USD at $1,175 each from RCA.
1958 – The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
1959 – Tracey Ullman, Slough England, singer/actress (Tracey Ullman Show) Born
1959 – George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned
1961 – Sean Hannity, American radio and television host was birthed
1965 – Heidi Fleiss, American madam, born
1970 – Sonny Liston, World heavyweight boxing champion (1962-64), dies at 38
1971 – Daniel Sunjata, American actor (911 Truth Activist) Born
1972 - Pres Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks
1973 – 1st picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab)
1974 – Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)
1975 – Eldrick Tont ‘Tiger’ Woods, Cypress California, golfer (16 Majors and 74 PGA wins) Born
1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
1977 – Laila Ali, American boxer (daughter of Muhammad Ali) Born
1977 – Carter holds 1st news conference by US pres in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)
1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
1979 – Richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77
1979 – Tommy Clufetos, American drummer (Black Sabbath) was born.
1980 – Eliza Dushku, actress (This Boy’s Life, True Lies, Journey), born in Boston, Massachusetts – Born
1984 – LeBron James, American basketball player, birthed
1985 – IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released
1988 – North subpoenas Reagan & Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial
1989 – Ryan Sheckler, American professional skateboarder, born
1993 – Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
1996 – Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo, Eraserhead…), murdered at 53
1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
1996 – UN announces that a total of 21 contracts have been approved for the limited Iraqi oil sales under Resolution 986
1998 – Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934) Dies
2000 – Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
2003 – U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the Plame affair.
2004 – Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, dies at 94
2004 – A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
2009 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist (The Birthday Party) (b. 1959) Dies
2012 – 9 people are killed and 26 are injured in a tour bus crash off interstate 84, Oregon, US
2012 – The opening of Line 6 of the Beijing subway makes it the longest metro network in the world at 442km
2013 – 15 people are killed in a trolley-bus bomb attack in Voglograd, Russia