767 Pope Paul I (died) (born 700)
928 Louis the Blind (died), Roman emperor (born 880)
1461 Edward IV is crowned King of England.
1476 Pope Paul IV (born) (died 1559)
1490 Albert of Mainz (born), German archbishop (died 1545)
1491 Henry VIII of England (born) (died 1547)
1519 Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1577 Peter Paul Rubens, (born) Flemish painter (died 1640)
1598 Abraham Ortelius (died), Flemish cartographer and geographer (born 1527)
1635 Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
1703 John Wesley (born), English cleric and theologian (died 1791)
1742 William Hooper (born), American lawyer, physician, and politician (died 1790)
1776 Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
1824 Paul Broca (born), French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (died 1880)
1836 James Madison (died), American politician, 4th President of the United States (born 1751)
1859 The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
1865 The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
1880 Texas Jack Omohundro (died), American cowboy and actor (born 1846)
1882 The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
1891 Esther Forbes (born), American historian and author (died 1968)
1894 Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
1895 Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’ claim to Barony of Arizona is “wholly fictitious and fraudulent.”
1896 An explosion in the Newton Coal Company’s Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston City, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
1902 Richard Rodgers (born), American composer (died 1979)
1917 Katherine Rawls (born), American swimmer (died 1982)
1919 The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, bringing fighting to an end in between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
1926 Mel Brooks (born), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1934 Carl Levin (born), American lawyer and politician
1943 Donald Johanson (born), American paleontologist
1946 Gilda Radner (born), American actress and singer (died 1989)
1948 Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
1948 Daniel Wegner (born), Canadian-American psychologist and educator (died 2013)
1950 Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
1950 Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers, argued to be between 100,000 and 200,000 are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
1955 Steven M. Greer (born), American ufologist and author
1960 Jake Swirbul (died), American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (born 1898)
1963 Charlie Clouser (born), American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Nine Inch Nails)
1964 Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
1966 John Cusack (born), American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1967 Gil Bellows (born), Canadian actor and producer
1969 Stonewall Riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
1975 Rod Serling (died), American actor, screenwriter, and producer (born 1924)
1978 The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
1984 Tamara Ecclestone (born), Italian-English model and television host
1994 Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; 7 persons are killed, 660 injured.
1996 The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
1997 Holyfield–Tyson II Mike Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield’s ear.
2001 Slobodan Milošević is deported to ICTY to stand trial.
2005 Michael P. Murphy (died), American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1976)
2010 Robert Byrd (died), American lawyer and politician (born 1917)
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