| 1789 | | Robespierre, a deputy from Arras, France, decides to back the French Revolution. |
| 1812 | | Great Britain signs the Treaty of Orebro, making peace with Russia and Sweden. |
| 1830 | | Uruguay adopts a liberal constitution. |
| 1861 | | Union and Confederate troops skirmish at Blackburn's Ford, Virginia, in a prelude to the Battle of Bull Run. |
| 1877 | | Inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time. |
| 1872 | | The Ballot Act is passed in Great Britain, providing for secret election ballots. |
| 1935 | | Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army. |
| 1936 | | General Francisco Franco of Spain revolts against the Republican government, starting the Spanish Civil War. |
| 1942 | | The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, makes its first flight. |
| 1971 | | New Zealand and Austrailia announce they will pull their troops out of Vietnam. |
| 1994 | | In Buenos Aires, a massive car bomb kills 96 people. |
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