1187 Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1452 Richard III of England (born) (died 1485)
1470 Isabella of Aragon (born), Duchess of Milan (died 1524)
1470 A rebellion organized by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
1535 Jacques Cartier discovers the area where Montreal, Quebec is located.
1552 Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
1685 David Teniers III (died), Flemish painter (born 1638)
1718– Elizabeth Montagu (born), British Social reformer, founder of Bluestocking society (died 1800)
1722 Leopold Widhalm (born), Austrian instrument maker (died 1776)
1780 John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
1786 Augustus Keppel (died), 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (born 1725)
1789 George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
1800 Nat Turner (born), American slave who led a slave rebellion (died 1831)
1803 Samuel Adams (died), American politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1722)
1832 Edward Burnett Tylor (born), English anthropologist (died 1917)
1847 Paul von Hindenburg (born), Polish-German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (died 1934)
1850 Sarah Biffen (died), English painter (born 1784)
1852 William Ramsay (born) Scottish-English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
1853 François Arago (died), French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (born 1786)
1864 American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
1869 Mahatma Gandhi (born), Indian activist and philosopher (died 1948)
1883 Karl von Terzaghi (born), Czech-American geologist and engineer (died 1963)
1883 Lesley Ashburner (born), American hurdler (died 1950)
1889 In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
1890 Groucho Marx (born), American comedian, actor, and singer (died 1977)
1895 Bud Abbott (born), American actor and singer (died 1974)
1907 Alexander R. Todd (born), Baron Todd, Scottish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
1912 Frank Malina (born), American engineer and painter (died 1981)
1915 Chubby Wise (born), American fiddler (died 1996)
1917 Christian de Duve (born), English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1919 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1925 John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
1928 The “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God”, commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
1929 Cesare Maestri (born), Italian mountaineer and author
1929 Howard Roberts (born), American guitarist (The Wrecking Crew) (died 1992)
1933 John Gurdon (born), English biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 Johnnie Cochran (born), American lawyer (died 2005)
1937 Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
1938 Nick Gravenites (born), American singer–songwriter and guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
1938 Rex Reed (born), American actor and critic
1941 World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
1942 World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland.
1945 Don McLean (born), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 Martin Hellman (born), American cryptographer
1948 Donna Karan (born), American fashion designer, founded DKNY
1949 Annie Leibovitz (born) American photographer
1950 Mike Rutherford (born), English singer-songwriter and bass player (Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics)
1950 Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published.
1951 Gordon “Sting” Sumner (born), English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (The Police)
1954 Lorraine Bracco (born), American actress and producer
1955 Philip Oakey (born), English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Human League)
1955 William Orthwein (died), American swimmer and water polo player (born 1881)
1958 Guinea declares its independence from France.
1959 The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
1962 Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev (died), Russian mathematician (born 1859)
1967 Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
1968 Marcel Duchamp (died), French painter and sculptor (born 1887)
1968 A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre by the order of the president, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, to the soldiers of killing unarmed students, hiding the event from the public eye. The 1968 Summer Olympics hosted in Mexico City, started 10 days after the massacre.
197 Pope John Paul II denounces all forms of concentration camps and torture while speaking at the U.N. in New York City.
1970 Kelly Ripa (born), American actress, producer, and talk show host
1970 Patricia O’Callaghan (born), Canadian soprano
1970 A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
1973 Melissa Harris-Perry (born), American journalist, author, and educator
1973 Paavo Nurmi (died), Finnish runner (born 1897)
1973 Paul Hartman (died), American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1904)
1974 Paul Teutul, Jr. (born), American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
1980 Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
1985 Rock Hudson (died), American actor and singer (born 1925)
1987 Peter Medawar (died), Brazilian-English biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
1988 Alec Issigonis (died), Greek-English car designer, designed the Mini (born 1906)
1994 Harriet Nelson (died), American actress and singer (born 1909)
1996 Andrey Lukanov (died), Bulgarian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (born 1938)
1996 The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
1998 Gene Autry (died), American singer, guitarist, and actor (born 1907)
2001 NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11.
2002 The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
2005 Nipsey Russell (died), American comedian and actor (born 1918)
2006 Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.
2007 President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
2012 J. Philippe Rushton (died), English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (born 1943)
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