Year 1755 » The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
Year 1763 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.
Year 1775 » The USS Alfred 1774 6 becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Flag of the United States Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
Year 1804 » At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Coronation of Napoleon I or Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself List of French monarchs or Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
Year 1805 » Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte defeat a joint Imperial Russia e.g Russo-Austrian Empire called Austrian force.
Year 1823 » Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union address or State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
Year 1845 » Manifest Destiny: In a State of the Union address named State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
Year 1848 » Franz Josef I of Austria called Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.
Year 1851 » French President Napoleon III of France called Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the French Second Republic known as Second Republic.
Year 1852 » Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
Year 1867 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
Year 1899 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
Year 1908 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
Year 1917 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
Year 1920 » Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
Year 1927 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A (1927) named Ford Model A as its new automobile.
Year 1930 » Great Depression: In a State of the Union address or State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
Year 1942 » World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the Chicago Pile-1 called first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
Year 1943 » World War II: A Air Raid on Bari Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey SS 'John Harvey', which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era Sulfur mustard mustar
Year 1947 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
Year 1954 » McCarthyism known as Cold War: The United States Senate Joseph McCarthy Censure and the Watkins Committee or votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
Year 1954 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C..
Year 1961 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxism–Leninism or Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
Year 1970 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
Year 1971 » Abu Dhabi (emirate) named Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah (emirate) known as Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
Year 1976 » Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
Year 1980 » Salvadoran Civil War: Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a Death squads El Salvador named military death squad.
Year 1982 » At the University of Utah, Barney Clark (patient) or Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
Year 1988 » Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
Year 1991 » Canada and Poland become the first nations on earth to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
Year 1993 » Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.
Year 1993 » Space Shuttle program: STS-61 NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
Year 1999 » Glenbrook rail accident named Glenbrook Rail Accident: Seven passengers are killed when two trains collide near Sydney, New South Wales.
Year 1999 » The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive.
Year 2001 » Enron Enron scandal Bankruptcy known as files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.