1066 Edward the Confessor (died), English king (born 1004)
1527 Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.
1554 A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
1589 Catherine de’ Medici (died), Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (born 1519)
1713 Jean Chardin (died), French explorer (born 1643)
1778 Zebulon Pike (born), American general and explorer (died 1813)
1757 Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
1781 American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
1855 King C. Gillette (born), American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (died 1932)
1876 Konrad Adenauer (born), German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (died 1967)
1895 French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island.
1896 An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
1904 Jeane Dixon (born), American astrologer (died 1997)
1914 The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day’s labor.
1919 The German Workers’ Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
1931 Robert Duvall (born), American actor and director
1932 Umberto Eco (born), Italian philosopher and author
1933 Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
1940 FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
1943 George Washington Carver (died), American botanist, educator, and inventor (born 1864)
1944 The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
1946 Diane Keaton (born), American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer
1949 U.S. President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
1957 In a speech given to the United States Congress, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
1972 U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
1974 Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59°F (+15°C) recorded at Vanda Station
1979 Charles Mingus (died), American bassist and composer (born 1922)
2010 Willie Mitchell (died), American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1928)
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