Year 557 » Constantinople is severely damaged by 557 Constantinople earthquake or an earthquake.
Year 835 » Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of Tang or Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.
Year 1542 » Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
Year 1751 » The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first military academy in the world.
Year 1812 » The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
Year 1814 » War of 1812: The Royal Navy Battle of Lake Borgne known as seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
Year 1896 » The Glasgow Subway known as Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Year 1902 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific Telegraphy called telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Year 1903 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the 'Wright Flyer' at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Year 1909 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Year 1913 » ship Japanese battleship Haruna 2, the fourth and last sclass- Kongō battlecruiser 0 ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Empire of Japan Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
Year 1914 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Argentina) called Democratic Progressive Party ('Partido Demócrata Progresista', PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Year 1918 » Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse known as Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the List of monarchs of Finland called Finnish throne.
Year 1918 » President of Portugal e.g Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
Year 1939 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
Year 1941 » World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.
Year 1946 » The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City or New York, New York.
Year 1947 » Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid C.F., staged its first football match.
Year 1955 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–70) Cambodia, Dominion of Ceylon Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Republic of Ireland Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations.
Year 1958 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the Pole of inaccessibility Southern pole of inaccessibility e.g southern pole of inaccessibility.
Year 1963 » The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles known as Los Angeles, California.
Year 1972 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the 'Apollo 17' mission.
Year 1983 » The third Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
Year 1988 » The ET3 (Greece) called ET3 television network is launched in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Year 1992 » War in Abkhazia (1992–93) or War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on b
Year 1994 » Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
Year 1995 » Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Serbia and Montenegro known as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Year 2003 » President of Pakistan or Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
Year 2004 » The Millau Viaduct, the List of tallest bridges in the world or tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
Year 2008 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws List of shoe throwing incidents called his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
Year 2012 » Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.