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Events

• 96 - Nerva elevated as Roman Emperor
• 323 - Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
• 1454 - In battle of Chojnice, Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War
• 1739 - Treaty of Belgrade signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire
• 1759 - British capture Quebec City
• 1810 - First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it was in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and it is commemorated as such.
• 1850 - United States Congress passes Fugitive Slave Act
• 1851 - New York Times begins publishing
• 1873 - The Panic of 1873 begins
• 1895 - Daniel David Palmer makes the first chiropractic adjustment
• 1906 - Typhoon with tsunami killed an estimated 10.000 persons in Hong Kong
• 1914 - The Battle of Aisne ends
• 1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air
• 1931 - Mukden Incident. After that, Japan occupied Manchuria.
• 1942 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized
• 1943 - The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibor
• 1947 - The United States Department of Defense begins operation (formerly known as National Military Establishment).
• 1975 - Patty Hearst arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List
• 1985 - Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer
• 1989 - Hurricane Hugo hits Puerto Rico, killing six
• 1997 - Ted Turner donates $1 billion to the United Nations
• 1998 - ICANN is formed
• 2003 - Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the U.S.

Births

• 53 - Trajan, Roman emperor
• 1709 - Samuel Johnson, essayist, critic, poet
• 1819 - Leon Foucault, physicist († 1868)
• 1895 - John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada († 1979)
• 1905 - Greta Garbo, actress († 1990)
• 1905 - Agnes de Mille, dancer, choreographer († 1993)
• 1905 - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, actor († 1977)
• 1907 - Leon Askin, actor
• 1908 - Satchel Paige, Baseball Hall of Famer († 1965)
• 1916 - Rossano Brazzi, actor († 1994)
• 1917 - June Foray, voice over actress
• 1920 - Jack Warden, actor
• 1923 - Peter Smithson, architect († 2003)
• 1926 - Bud Greenspan, documentary film producer, director
• 1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut
• 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, country music singer, composer
• 1938 - Robert Blake, actor
• 1940 - Frankie Avalon, musician
• 1950 - Anna Deavere Smith, conceptual artist
• 1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, musician († 2002)
• 1952 - Rick Pitino, basketball coach
• 1959 - Ryne Sandberg, baseball star
• 1961 - James Gandolfini, actor
• 1964 - Holly Robinson, actress
• 1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, model, actress
• 1971 - Lance Armstrong, cycling champion
• 1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, WNBA basketball player

Deaths

• 96 - Roman emperor Domitian (assassinated)
• 1860 - Joseph Locke, railway builder and civil engineer
• 1961 - Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations
• 1964 - Sean O'Casey, playwright
• 1968 - Franchot Tone, actor
• 1970 - Jimi Hendrix, rock musician
• 1980 - Katherine Anne Porter, novelist
• 1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis player
• 2003 - Emil Fackenheim, Holocaust survivor, philosopher

Holidays

• In ancient Greece, the fifth day of the Eleusinian mysteries.
• Chile: Independence Day (see Events)
• In the French Revolutionary Calendar, the "Feast of Genius"

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries

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