| Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Ma... | 7/5/1718 | Birth | Viceroy of Ireland |
| Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cor... | 10/13/1566 | Birth | Irish politician |
| Amien Rais | 4/26/1944 | Birth | Indonesian politician |
| Jusuf Habibie | 6/25/1936 | Birth | President of Indonesia |
| Marmaduke Hussey | 8/29/1923 | Birth | BBC Chairman |
| Albert Lebrun | 8/29/1871 | Birth | French politician |
| François-Marie-Thomas Chevalie... | 12/27/1803 | Birth | French Canadian Patriote |
| Georges Clemenceau | 9/28/1841 | Birth | French politician |
| Joseph Fouché | 5/21/1763 | Birth | French statesman |
| King Francis II of the Two Sic... | 1/16/1836 | Birth | |
| Fouad Serageddin | 11/2/1910 | Birth | Egyptian politician |
| Bert Eriksson | 6/30/1931 | Birth | Flemish neo-Nazi |
| Mary, Crown Princess of Denmar... | 2/5/1972 | Birth | |
| Crown Prince Wilhelm of German... | 5/6/1882 | Birth | |
| Inky Mark | 11/17/1947 | Birth | Canadian politician |
| Albert II of Austria | 12/12/1298 | Birth | |
| Ramiz Alia | 10/18/1925 | Birth | political leader of Albania |
| Ali az-Zahir | 6/20/1005 | Birth | caliph |
| Amang Rodriguez | 1/21/1883 | Birth | Filipino politician |
| Conrad L. Raiford | 12/27/1907 | Birth | Goodwill Ambassador |
| Louis Freeh | 1/6/1950 | Birth | former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Princess Maria Clotilde of Sav... | 3/2/1843 | Birth | |
| Princess Mary Adelaide of Camb... | 11/27/1833 | Birth | |
| Charles Goodell | 1/21/1987 | Death | US politician |
| Dr Phil Williams | 6/10/2003 | Death | Welsh politician and scientist |
| Lord Frederick Cavendish | 5/6/1882 | Death | British politician |
| William IV of the United Kingd... | 6/20/1837 | Death | |
| Mikhail Yaroslavich | 11/22/1318 | Death | Russian prince |
| John Garang | 7/30/2005 | Death | Vice President of Sudan |
| Jakob Aall | 8/4/1844 | Death | Norwegian journalist and statesman |
| Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici | 3/17/1516 | Death | ruler of Florence |
| Lothair | 3/2/855 | Death | King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor |
| Eamon de Valera | 8/29/1975 | Death | first Taoiseach and third President of Ireland |
| Isma'il Pasha | 3/2/1895 | Death | Governor of Egypt |
| Emperor Shenzong of China | 4/1/1085 | Death | |
| Walter Little | 5/31/1961 | Death | Canadian politician |
| Albert VI of Bavaria | 7/5/1666 | Death | |
| Bairam Khan | 1/31/1561 | Death | Great Mughal General, regent for Akbar |
| Forrest White | 11/22/1994 | Death | former vice president of Fender Musical Instruments Cor... |
| King Alfonso XI of Castile | 3/27/1350 | Death | |
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| * 3/7/1994 — Copyright Law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by th... |
| * 3/17/1776 — US Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington and Henry Knox place... |
| * 5/1/1991 — Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this c... |
| * 5/6/1882 — The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act. |
| * 11/17/1947 — The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath. |
| * 12/12/1870 — Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman. |
| * 1/6/1950 — The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic rel... |
| * 5/26/1966 — British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana. |
| * 6/20/1837 — Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne. |
| * 7/5/1770 — Battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. |
| * 9/18/2007 — Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan bu... |
| * 9/18/2007 — Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revoluti... |
| * 8/29/1871 — Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local center... |
| * 1/6/1690 — Joseph son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans. |
| * 8/19/43 BC — Octavian later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. |
| * 1/26/1930 — The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Com... |
| * 5/21/879 — Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international re... |
| * 1/6/1066 — Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. |
| * 8/4/1532 — Bretagne is annexed to the Kingdom of France. |
| * 10/18/1977 — German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the hijacking... |
| * 7/10/1973 — The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations. |
| * 7/25/1958 — The African Regroupment Party (PRA) holds its first congress in Cotonou. |
| * 10/18/1561 — Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima -- Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing con... |