70 A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
1228 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1524 Thomas Erastus (born), Swiss physician and theologian (d. 1583)
1533 Elizabeth I of England (born) (d. 1603)
1559 Robert Estienne (died), English-French printer and scholar (born 1503)
1571 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
1685 William Carpenter (died), English-American settler, co-founded Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (born 1605)
1695 Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end to all English trading in India.
1705 Matthäus Günther (born), German painter (d. 1788)
1707 Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (born), French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (d. 1788)
1719 John Harris (died), English priest and scientist (born 1666)
1726 François-André Danican Philidor (born), French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
1777 Heinrich Stölze (born), German horn player and composer (d. 1844)
1799 Louis Guillaume Le Monnier (died), French botanist (born 1717)
1812 French invasion of Russia : The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory.
1815 John McDouall Stuart (born), Scottish explorer and surveyor (d. 1866)
1833 Hannah More (died), English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (born 1745)
1836 August Toepler (born), German physicist (d. 1912)
1857 Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
1860 Grandma Moses (born), American painter (d. 1961)
1864 American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1867 J. P. Morgan, Jr. (born), American banker and philanthropist (d. 1943)
1870 Aleksandr Kuprin (born), Russian pilot, explorer, and author (d. 1938)
1876 In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town’s bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
1892 John Greenleaf Whittier (died), American poet (born 1807)
1893 Hamilton Fish (died), American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (born 1808)
1893 The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats.
1895 The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
1900 Giuseppe Zangara (born), Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (d. 1933)
1900 Taylor Caldwell (born), English-American author (d. 1985)
1901 The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
1903 Margaret Landon (born), American missionary and author (d. 1993)
1907 Cunard Line’s RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
1908 Max Kaminsky (born), American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1994)
1908 Michael E. DeBakey (born), American surgeon and educator (d. 2008)
1909 Elia Kazan (born), Turkish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1909 Eugene Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first ‘pilot’ in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
1911 French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
1912 David Packard (born), American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996)
1914 James Van Allen (born), American scientist and philosopher (d. 2006)
1916 US federal employees win the right to Workers’ compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
1917 Leonard Cheshire (born), English captain, pilot, and humanitarian (d. 1992)
1921 Arthur Ferrante (born), American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (d. 2009)
1921 In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1923 Nancy Keesing (born), Australian author and poet (d. 1993)
1923 Peter Lawford (born), English-American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1924 Daniel Inouye (born), American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2012)
1925 Laura Ashley (born), Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (d. 1985)
1927 The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
1930 Sonny Rollins (born), American saxophonist and composer
1932 John Paul Getty, Jr. (born), American-English philanthropist and book collector (d. 2003)
1932 Malcolm Bradbury (born), English author and academic (d. 2000)
1934 Little Milton (born), American singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
1936 Brian Hart (born), English race car driver and engineer, founded Brian Hart Ltd. (d. 2014)
1936 Buddy Holly (born), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
1936 The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1937 Olly Wilson (born), American pianist, bassist, and composer
1942 World War II: Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
1945 Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
1950 Peggy Noonan (born), American author
1951 Chrissie Hynde (born), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pretenders and The Moors Murderers)
1953 Benmont Tench (born), American keyboard player (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch)
1953 Marc Hunter (born), New Zealand singer-songwriter (Dragon and The Party Boys) (d. 1998)
1953 Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1954 Corbin Bernsen (born), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 Doug Bradley (born), English actor
1960 Brad Houser (born), American bass player (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians and Critters Buggin)
1961 LeRoi Moore (born), American saxophonist and songwriter (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
1962 Graham Walker (died), English motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1897)
1962 Karen Blixen (died), Danish author (born 1885)
1963 The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
1969 Everett Dirksen (died), American lieutenant and politician (born 1896)
1970 Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
1971 Spring Byington (died), American actress and singer (born 1886)
1977 The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1978 Keith Moon (died), English drummer, songwriter, producer, and actor (The Who and Plastic Ono Band) (born 1946)
1978 While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
1979 The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1986 Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
1986 Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
1991 Edwin McMillan (died), American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
2002 Uziel Gal (died), German-Israeli gun designer, designed the Uzi (born 1923)
2003 Warren Zevon (died), American singer-songwriter (Hindu Love Gods and Lyme and Cybelle) (born 1947)
2005 Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
2008 The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2012 Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and alleged rights abuses.
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