1547 – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish author and novelist (Don Quixote), (d. 1616) Born
1567 – War of Religion breaks out in France – Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX
1571 – Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)Born
1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
1789 – The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
1829 – British Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel establishes London’s Metropolitan Police – hence the nicknames “bobbies” and “peelers”
1850 – The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin’s Farm is fought.
1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
1907 – The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
1911 – Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
1916 – John D Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire. (1 Billion is $21,821,284,403.67 in 2014 Money – @ rate of 2082.1% inflation)
1918 – World War I, Battle of St. Quentin Canal: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice.
1923 – The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
1923 – Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (d. 2005) was born.
1927 – Telephone service begins between US & Mexico
1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, Feriday La, country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin’) Born
1936 – Silvio Berlusconi, Disgraced former Prime Minister of Italy – Birthed
1938 – Munich Agreement: Germany is given permission from France, Italy, and Great Britain to seize the territory of Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. The meeting takes place in Munich, and leaders from neither the Soviet Union nor Czechoslovakia attend.
1948 – Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grand Funk Railroad and Terry Knight and the Pack) was born.
1946 – As an ever increasing number of butchers and customers face bare butchers shelves, questions are being asked if Abattoirs should be forced to release more meat to the market as it is thought many are hoarding the meat in the hope of prices increasing dramatically.
1948 – Mike Pinera, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly, Cactus, and Ramatam) was born.
1949 – The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People’s Republic of China.
1954 – The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
1957 – Andrew “Dice” Clay, [Silverstien], comedian (Adv of Ford Fairlane)Born
1962 – JFK authorized use of federal troops to integrate U of Mississippi
1963 – Les Claypool, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Primus, Blind Illusion, Oysterhead, and Sausage) was born.
1966 – The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
1972 – China–Japan relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
1975 – WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world’s first black-owned-and-operated television station.
1976 – Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest
1978 – John Paul I, Pope for 34 days, dies at 65
1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Ireland.
1982 – The Chicago Tylenol murders begin when the first of seven individuals dies in metropolitan Chicago.
1983 – 1st time Congress invokes War Powers Act
1986 – USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges
1988 – Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
1988 – UN peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize
1990 – Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.
1995 – OJ Simpson trial sent to the jury
1995 – The United States Navy disbands Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed the “Jolly Rogers”.
1997 – Roy Lichtenstein, pop artist, dies of pneumonia at 73
1998 – Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917) died.
2004 – The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
2004 – The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performed a successful spaceflight, the first of two needed to win the prize.
2006 – US Representative Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails to house pages were introduced.
2008 – Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.
2009 – An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami
2010 – Tony Curtis, American Actor (b. 1925)Dies
2010 – Greg Giraldo, American comedian (Comedy Central Roast) (b.1965)Dies
2012 – Omar Khadr, the youngest prisoner to be held at Guantanamo Bay, was released to his home country of Canada after been in detention since 2002. Khadr was only fifteen years old when he was first detained in Afghanistan and would serve the rest of his sentence in Canada.
2013 – Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Nigeria.