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- 0048 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
- 0351 Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
- 0365 Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.
- 0935 Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslav I of Bohemia.
- 0995 Members of Slavnk's dynasty - Spytimr, Pobraslav, Poej and slav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.
- 0995 Members of Slavník's dynasty - Spytimír, Pobraslav, Porej and Cáslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.
- 1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai - Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
- 1322 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mhldorf.
- 1448 Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
- 1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay
- 1542 Navigator Juan Rodrguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego, California, United States.
- 1542 Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego, California, United States.
- 1779 American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
- 1781 American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
- 1781 Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the Revolutionary War
- 1787 Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval
- 1787 The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval.
- 1822 Sloop-of-war Peacock captures 5 pirate vessels
- 1823 Leo XII is elected pope.
- 1829 Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston
- 1844 Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
- 1850 Flogging in US Navy & on merchant vessels abolished
- 1858 Donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed
- 1867 Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario
- 1868 Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
- 1868 Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France
- 1868 Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed)
- 1871 Brazil passes law freeing future children of slavery.
- 1879 Sydney Australia innaugurates steam motor tram route
- 1889 The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.
- 1906 US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909
- 1912 "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000
- 1914 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
- 1918 Lt. Milton Fowler Gregg (Royal Canadian Regiment) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France
- 1922 Mussolini marches on Rome
- 1924 Two US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
- 1928 Visitor posting - Kathrine Yakimow (Stepaniuk) is Born
- 1928 UK passed Dangerous Drugs Act (1925) - outlawing cannabis.
- 1928 UK passes the Dangerous Drugs Act (1925) outlawing cannabis.
- 1929 The Hudson Bay Railway reaches its northern terminus at Churchill, Manitoba. This was originally operated by Canadian National on behalf of the Government. It became part of the CN system on September 5, 1951.
- 1934 The Cunard-White Star Queen Mary launched at Clydebank
- 1937 FDR dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)
- 1939 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II.
- 1939 Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem - Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands.
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands
- 1944 First TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
- 1944 Marines occupy islands in Palaus under cover of naval aircraft and gunfire support.
- 1944 Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
- 1948 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
- 1950 3 RAR arrives in Korea
- 1954 Visitor posting - steve spillman was born - USA
- 1957 Visitor posting - Thomas W. Sturgis is born - USA
- 1958 France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead.
- 1958 Guinea votes for independence from France
- 1959 Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around the Earth
- 1960 Visitor posting - Kenneth M. Wells was born in Corpus Christi, Texas
- 1961 A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
- 1961 Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic
- 1961 USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m
- 1962 Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
- 1963 Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates a record 41.5 kph for 440 yds
- 1964 Australia beats US in first clay court Davis Cup
- 1964 First deployment of Polaris A-3 missile on USS Daniel Webster (SSBN 626) from Charleston, SC
- 1965 Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km
- 1965 Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Phillipines)
- 1967 Walter Washington elected first mayor of Washington, DC
- 1968 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr
- 1968 Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
- 1970 Intrepid (US) beats Gretel II (Aust) in 22nd America's Cup
- 1971 UK Misuse of Drugs Act: medicinal cannabis is banned.
- 1971 UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
- 1972 Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations
- 1972 Paul Henderson scores The Goal to win the Canada/USSR (ice hockey) "Summit Series".
- 1972 Visitor posting - September 28 1972 Robert Lane is born to Jack and Ann Lane-Fort Riley, KS
- 1973 ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'tat in Chile.
- 1974 First lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy
- 1974 John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (NYC)
- 1975 The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people were taken as hostages, takes place in London.
- 1976 Muhammad Ali retains heavyweight boxing championship in a close 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium
- 1976 R&B singer Stevie Wonder releases the classic double album Songs in the Key of Life.
- 1978 Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord
- 1979 Larry Holmes (retain championship) KOs Earnie Shavers in 11 rounds
- 1980 Jaromir Wagner is first to fly the Atlantic standing on the wing
- 1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City
- 1982 The first reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
- 1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad
- 1984 Visitor posting - Shiju Philip-Birthday - India
- 1986 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
- 1987 Encounter at Farpoint, the first episode of TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs.
- 1988 Bronx Museum for the Arts opens
- 1990 Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
- 1990 Visitor posting - i born in lalitpur world is very beautigul - India [email protected]
- 1991 Visitor posting - Famous Singer Kayla Nikodem was born. - USA
- 1994 Visitor posting - Chyanna Nicole Hyder was born
- 1994 The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
- 1995 Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.
- 1996 Arsene Wenger is appointed manager of Arsenal F.C..
- 1996 Visitor posting - Brittany Higgins was born! - USA
- 1996 Iron Road Railways, under the name Quebec Southern Railway commences operation over the following former CP lines in Quebec: Lennoxville - St-Jean Brookport - Wells River (VT) Farnham - Ste-Rosalie Jct Farnham - Stanbridge
- 2000 Al-Aqsa Intifada: Arial Sharon visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
- 2003 Final game played at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium.
- 2004 An expected but overdue magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Parkfield, California
- 2006 Kingdom Hearts II is released in Australia.
- 2006 Visitor posting - September 28, 2006 Alisha and Spencer hold hands for the first time!
- 2006 Visitor posting - Silankonet Bayo started his 5th grade schooling at Gables Elementary school in Columbus
- 2008 Congressional leaders and the White House finally agree on a $700 Billion rescue of the ailing financial industry
- 2008 the biggest bailout agreed to, tentatively supported by both presidential candidates
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