Huey Long
- 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: The French defeated Austrian forces in Bassano, Venetia, present-day Italy.
- 1831 – The Russian Empire brought the Polish November Uprising to an end when its troops captured Warsaw after a two-day assault.
- 1935 – US Senator Huey Long (pictured) was fatally shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1941 – World War II: German forces severed the last land connection to Leningrad, beginning a 28-month siege that would result in the deaths of over 1 million of the city's civilians from starvation, making it one of the most lethal battles in world history.
- 1966 – Queen Elizabeth II opened the Severn Bridge, hailing it as the dawn of a new economic era for South Wales.
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