| Conradin | 3/25/1252 | Birth | Duke of Swabia |
| Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbiniè... | 12/5/1829 | Birth | French Canadian politician |
| Jean Marchand | 12/20/1918 | Birth | French Canadian trade unionist and politician |
| Anker Jørgensen | 7/13/1922 | Birth | Danish Prime Minister, Democratic Socialist |
| Isabella of Burgundy | 7/18/1501 | Birth | wife of Christian II of Denmark |
| Hans-Jochen Vogel | 2/3/1926 | Birth | German politician |
| Jean-Marie Dedecker | 6/13/1952 | Birth | Belgian politician and former judoka |
| Charles I of Austria | 8/17/1887 | Birth | |
| Walid Jumblatt | 8/7/1949 | Birth | Lebanese political leader |
| Chief Joseph | 9/21/1904 | Death | chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Pe... |
| Larry Walters | 10/6/1993 | Death | US "lawn chair" pilot |
| Martin Dies | 7/13/1922 | Death | US politician |
| James II of England and VII of... | 9/16/1701 | Death | |
| John VIII Palaeologus | 10/31/1448 | Death | Byzantine Emperor |
| Anastas Mikoyan | 10/21/1978 | Death | Soviet politician |
| Axel von Fersen the Elder | 4/24/1794 | Death | Swedish statesman and soldier; father of Axel von Ferse... |
| Ookubo Toshimichi | 5/14/1878 | Death | Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three gre... |
| Camille Jordan | 5/19/1821 | Death | French politician |
| Gregor Mackenzie | 5/4/1992 | Death | Labour Party (UK) politician |
| King Henry IV of England | 3/20/1413 | Death | |
| Matthias Kleinheisterkamp | 4/29/1945 | Death | German SS officer |
| Jianwen Emperor of China | 7/13/1402 | Death | |
| Yongle | 8/12/1424 | Death | Emperor of China |
| Thomas-Alfred Bernier | 12/30/1908 | Death | Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator |
| Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. | 8/12/1944 | Death | brother of President John F. Kennedy |
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| * 11/25/1943 — World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the Anti-Fascist Council of Nation... |
| * 1/9/1951 — The United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City. |
| * 3/20/1933 — Giuseppe Zangara is executed in Florida's electric chair for fatally shooting Anton Cermak in an assassin... |
| * 7/18/1969 — After a party on Chappaquiddick Island Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a... |
| * 11/25/1839 — A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge destroying the port city of Coringa (whi... |
| * 11/30/1782 — US Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris (1783) — In Paris representatives from the United States and the... |
| * 12/5/1933 — Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendm... |
| * 1/9/1431 — Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France the seat of the English occup... |
| * 9/16/1701 — James Francis Edward Stuart sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the t... |
| * 10/1/1946 — Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom. |
| * 2/28/2005 — Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami resigns amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in... |
| * 3/15/1990 — Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union. |
| * 4/4/1866 — Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev. |
| * 6/3/350 — Roman usurper Nepotianus of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome... |
| * 11/5/1911 — After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. |
| * 11/20/284 — Diocletian is chosen as Roman Emperor. |
| * 9/21/2008 — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel formally resigns from office, effective as soon as his successor Tzi... |
| * 10/31/1968 — Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson... |
| * 2/23/1854 — The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared. |
| * 4/4/1814 — Napoleon abdicates for the first time. |
| * 4/29/1997 — The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of... |
| * 9/21/2008 — Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley the two last remaining independent investment banks on Wall Street, be... |