| Aleksander Kwaśniewski | 11/15/1954 | Birth | former President of Poland |
| YÅichi Takahashi | 7/28/1960 | Birth | Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wi... |
| Adriano Tilgher | 10/1/1947 | Birth | Italian politician |
| Giuseppe Cesare Abba | 10/6/1838 | Birth | Italian patriot and writer |
| Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves | 12/25/1810 | Birth | Greek poet and statesman |
| Jean-Charles de Borda | 5/4/1733 | Birth | French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, a... |
| René Coty | 3/20/1882 | Birth | French President |
| Mariska Veres |  | 10/1/1947 | Birth | Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) |
| Franz Josef Jung | 3/5/1949 | Birth | German federal minister of defence |
| Heinrich Häberlin | 9/6/1868 | Birth | Swiss Federal Councilor |
| Douglas Colin Cameron | 6/8/1854 | Birth | Canadian politician |
| Walter Little | 3/25/1877 | Birth | Canadian politician |
| Rudy Demotte | 6/3/1963 | Birth | Belgian politician |
| Kevin Rudd | 9/21/1957 | Birth | 26th Prime Minister of Australia |
| Blas Ople | 2/3/1927 | Birth | Filipino politician |
| Erich Kempka | 9/16/1910 | Birth | Adolf Hitler's chauffeur |
| John George I | 3/5/1585 | Birth | Elector of Saxony |
| Princess Frederica of Hanover | 1/9/1848 | Birth | |
| Lansdale Sasscer | 11/5/1964 | Death | U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District |
| M. King Hubbert | 10/11/1989 | Death | US geophysicist |
| Pierre Adolphe Rost | 9/6/1868 | Death | Louisiana judge, Confederate commissioner |
| Roger J. Traynor | 5/14/1983 | Death | US judge |
| Samuel Ashe | 2/13/1813 | Death | Governor of North Carolina |
| William Sprague IV | 9/11/1915 | Death | US politician |
| Ãlvaro Cunhal | 6/13/2005 | Death | Portuguese politician and writer |
| King Haakon VII of Norway | 9/21/1957 | Death | |
| Queen Emma of the Netherlands | 3/20/1934 | Death | |
| Miguel Alemán Valdés | 5/14/1983 | Death | President of Mexico |
| Konoe | 8/22/1155 | Death | Emperor of Japan |
| Sir Edward Youde | 12/5/1986 | Death | Governor of Hong Kong |
| King Edwy of England | 10/1/959 | Death | |
| Isabella of Burgundy | 1/19/1526 | Death | wife of Christian II of Denmark |
| Johan Friis | 12/5/1570 | Death | Danish statesman |
| Hipólito Yrigoyen | 7/3/1933 | Death | President of Argentina |
| Holden Roberto | 8/2/2007 | Death | Angolan founder and leader of the FNLA |
| Matei Basarab | 4/9/1654 | Death | Prince of Wallachia |
| * 2/8/1922 — President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. |
| * 3/15/1783 — In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newb... |
| * 6/23/1683 — William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. |
| * 8/22/1831 — Nat Turner's slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia leading to the death... |
| * 11/20/2001 — In Washington, D.C. U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice head... |
| * 11/25/1996 — An ice storm strikes the central U.S. killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds g... |
| * 8/2/1903 — Fall of the Ottoman Empire: Unsuccessful uprising led by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organizati... |
| * 8/27/1982 — Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altikat is shot and killed in Ottawa Ontario, Canada's capital... |
| * 12/10/1981 — The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in So... |
| * 5/29/1864 — Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time. |
| * 4/19/1956 — Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III of Monaco. |
| * 4/29/1946 — Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes. |
| * 5/9/1936 — Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5. |
| * 12/5/1934 — Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia taking four days to capture the city. |
| * 10/21/1979 — Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menac... |
| * 6/13/1953 — Hungarian Prime Minister Mátyás Rákosi is replaced by Imre Nagy |
| * 10/1/959 — Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England. |
| * 1/14/1999 — Toronto Ontario Mayor Mel Lastman becomes the first mayor in Canada to call in the Army to help with eme... |
| * 5/9/1988 — The new Australian Parliament House opens in Canberra. |
| * 5/24/1973 — Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the Lords. |
| * 6/8/1906 — Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of c... |
| * 7/8/1876 — White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, SC. |
| * 9/1/1873 — Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande. |