| John Crichton-Stuart | 4/26/1958 | Birth | 7th Marquess of Bute |
| Louise, Princess Royal and Duc... | 2/20/1867 | Birth | |
| Trevor Skeet | 8/14/2004 | Death | New Zealand-born British politician |
| William Cecil, 1st Baron Burgh... | 8/4/1598 | Death | English statesman |
| Trevor Henry | 6/20/2007 | Death | New Zealand Justice |
| Miguel Hidalgo | 7/30/1811 | Death | Mexican patriot and Independence leader |
| Marcus Junius Brutus | 10/23/42 BC | Death | Roman senator |
| Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent | 10/13/1788 | Death | Irish politician and poet |
| Zoran ÄinÄ‘ic | 3/12/2003 | Death | Prime Minister of Serbia |
| Georg Alexander, Duke of Meckl... | 1/26/1996 | Death | head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl... | 8/4/1338 | Death | son of Edward I of England |
| Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke... | 3/22/1421 | Death | second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) |
| King Louis XVI of France (exec... | 1/21/1793 | Death | |
| King Eric I of Denmark | 7/10/1103 | Death | |
| Bernhard von Bülow | 10/28/1929 | Death | Chancellor of Germany |
| Hugo Haase | 11/7/1919 | Death | German politician and jurist |
| Jean Corbeil | 6/25/2002 | Death | Canadian politician |
| Félix Houphouët-Boigny | 12/7/1993 | Death | President of Côte d'Ivoire |
| * 8/19/1999 — In Belgrade tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugosla... |
| * 5/11/1995 — In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinite... |
| * 6/15/1804 — New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ratifying the document. |
| * 7/30/1863 — Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising to stop haras... |
| * 8/14/1848 — Oregon Territory is organized by Act of U.S. Congress. |
| * 8/19/1895 — US frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El... |
| * 8/24/1682 — William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvan... |
| * 10/8/2001 — U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security. |
| * 6/30/1997 — The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. |
| * 7/5/1940 — World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations. |
| * 8/29/1833 — The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire. |
| * 12/2/1946 — The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to... |
| * 12/12/1988 — The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three comm... |
| * 4/1/527 — Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. |
| * 5/21/1725 — The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be d... |
| * 10/18/1991 — Azerbaijan declares independence from USSR. |
| * 1/26/1736 — Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. |
| * 7/15/1410 — Battle of Grunwald: allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the ar... |
| * 6/20/2007 — A football match between England and The Netherlands at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Champion... |
| * 7/30/1811 — Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuah... |
| * 1/16/2006 — Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected h... |
| * 1/16/550 — Gothic War (535 552): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing th... |
| * 10/23/42 BC — Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Ant... |
| * 9/28/1907 — Bhagat Singh one of the most influential revolutionaries of Indian independence movement was born in the... |
| * 3/12/2003 — Zoran ÄinÄ‘ic Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade. |
| * 1/21/1793 — After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention Louis XVI of France is executed by guilloti... |
| * 4/11/1713 — War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht. |
| * 3/27/196 BC — Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. |
| * 2/15/1976 — The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by the national referendum. |
| * 12/22/1978 — The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing... |
| * 6/5/1970 — Chile becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
| * 4/21/1963 — The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time. |
| * 5/11/1891 — The Otsu Scandal takes place. |
| * 7/20/1977 — The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had... |