- 1498 – Girolamo Savonarola of Florence was executed for heresy, uttering prophecies, sedition, and other crimes.
- 1701 – Scottish privateer William Kidd (pictured) was executed for piracy.
- 1895 – Representatives of the Astor Library and Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library, now the second-largest public library in the United States.
- 1951 – Delegates of the 14th Dalai Lama and the government of the newly established People's Republic of China signed the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, affirming Chinese sovereignty over Tibet.
- 2010 – Jamaica's military and police force began a manhunt for drug lord Christopher Coke, beginning three days of armed conflict with the Shower Posse cartel.
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