- 868 – A copy of the Diamond Sutra was printed in China, making it the world's oldest dated printed book.
- 1812 – In the lobby of the British House of Commons, Spencer Perceval (pictured) became the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated.
- 1880 – A land dispute between the Southern Pacific Railroad and settlers in Hanford, California, turned deadly when a gun battle broke out, leaving seven dead.
- 1985 – During an association football match between Bradford City and Lincoln City in Bradford, England, a flash fire consumed one side of the Valley Parade stadium, killing 56 attendees.
- 1998 – India began conducting the Pokhran-II nuclear weapons test, its first since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier.
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