| 79 | | The city of Pompeii is buried by eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. |
| 1512 | | Michelangelo's painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is exhibited for the first time. |
| 1582 | | Maurice of Nassau, the son of William of Orange, becomes the governor of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht. |
| 1755 | | A great earthquake at Lisbon, Spain, kills over 50,000 people. |
| 1765 | | The Stamp Act goes into effect in the British colonies. |
| 1861 | |
Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, 50 year-veteran
and leader of the U.S. Army at the onset of the Civil War, retires. General George
McClellan is appointed general-in-chief of the Union armies. |
| 1866 | |
Wild woman of the west Myra Maybelle Shirley marries
James C. Reed in Collins County, Texas. |
| 1869 | | Louis Riel seizes Fort Garry, Winnipeg, during the Red River Rebellion. |
| 1911 | | Italian planes perform the first aerial bombing on Tanguira oasis in Libya. |
| 1923 | |
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company buys the rights
to manufacture Zeppelin dirigibles. |
| 1924 | |
Legendary Oklahoma marshal Bill Tilghman, 71, is
gunned down by a drunk in Cromwell, Oklahoma. |
| 1936 | |
Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini announces
the Rome-Berlin axis after Count Ciano's visit to Germany. |
| 1936 | | The Rodeo Cowboy's Association is founded. |
| 1943 | |
American troops invade Bougainville in the Solomon
Islands. |
| 1945 | | John H. Johnson publishes the first issue of Ebony magazine. |
| 1950 | |
Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement
attempt to assassinate President Harry S Truman. |
| 1951 | | Algerian National Liberation Front begins guerrilla warfare against the French. |
| 1967 | | The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the streets. |
| 1968 | |
President Lyndon B. Johnson calls a halt to bombing
in Vietnam, hoping this will lead to progress at the Paris peace talks. |
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