| Howard Hampton | 5/17/1952 | Birth | Canadian politician |
| Bruno Kreisky | 1/22/1911 | Birth | Chancellor of Austria |
| Howard Zinn | 1/27/2010 | Death | US historian, academic, author, playwright, and social... |
| Averell Harriman | 7/26/1986 | Death | US diplomat |
| Elbridge Gerry | 11/23/1814 | Death | Vice President of the United States of America |
| Richard Bennett | 4/12/1675 | Death | British Colonial Governor of Virginia |
| George Boleyn, Viscount Rochfo... | 5/17/1536 | Death | English diplomat |
| John Pym | 12/8/1643 | Death | English statesman |
| William Godwin | 4/7/1836 | Death | English political writer |
| Nicholas Repnin | 5/12/1801 | Death | Russian statesman |
| Yusof bin Ishak | 11/23/1970 | Death | first President of Singapore |
| Carl Gustaf Tessin | 1/7/1770 | Death | Swedish politician |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | 11/13/1460 | Death | Portuguese patron of exploration |
| Ezzedine Salim | 5/17/2004 | Death | leader of Iraqi Governing Council |
| Kwame Nkrumah | 4/27/1972 | Death | leader of Ghana |
| Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de... | 11/8/1517 | Death | Spanish statesman |
| King Louis XI of France | 8/30/1483 | Death | |
| Juan Andres | 1/12/1817 | Death | Spanish Jesuit |
| Adolf von Thadden | 7/16/1996 | Death | German politician, |
| Hasso von Manteuffel | 9/24/1978 | Death | German army general and politician |
| Artur da Silva Bernardes | 3/23/1955 | Death | President of Brazil |
| Fan S. Noli | 3/13/1965 | Death | Albanian bishop, poet, and politician |
| * 5/2/1863 — US Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering... |
| * 5/22/1843 — Thousands of people and their cattle head west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would... |
| * 5/22/1947 — Cold War: in an effort to fight the spread of Communism U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into... |
| * 6/6/1984 — The Indian Army attacks the Golden Temple in Amritsar following an order from Indira Gandhi. Official cas... |
| * 6/21/1813 — Laura Secord sets out to warn British forces of an impending U.S. attack on Queenston Ontario during the... |
| * 7/31/1981 — 42-day strike of Major League Baseball ends in the United States. |
| * 9/4/1894 — In New York City 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions. |
| * 10/14/1958 — The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept black Americans as members. |
| * 11/28/1965 — Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam Philippi... |
| * 5/17/1900 — Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking. |
| * 4/2/1945 — Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established. |
| * 2/1/2005 — Nepal King Gyanendra exercises Coup d'état to capture the democracy becoming Chairman of the Councils of... |
| * 9/19/1983 — Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence. |
| * 9/9/1993 — The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state. |
| * 6/16/1922 — General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Féin. |
| * 4/22/1509 — Henry VIII accedes to the throne of England after the death of his father. |
| * 4/27/1296 — Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England. |
| * 1/22/1963 — The Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Ade... |
| * 3/28/1794 — Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau. |
| * 4/27/1972 — Constructive Vote of No Confidence against German Chancellor Willy Brandt fails under obscure circumstanc... |
| * 10/9/1911 — An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire, |
| * 2/1/2005 — Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage. |
| * 4/17/1982 — Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II Queen of Canada. |
| * 7/26/1934 — Assassination of Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. |
| * 4/7/1992 — Republika Srpska announces its independence. |
| * 11/8/1933 — Great Depression: New Deal US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration,... |