Orion Nebula
- 1461 – Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI was deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then became King Edward IV.
- 1769 – French astronomer Charles Messier first noted the Orion Nebula (pictured), a bright nebula situated south of Orion's Belt, later cataloguing it as Messier 42 in his list of Messier objects.
- 1849 – President pro tempore of the US Senate David Rice Atchison became the de jure US President for one day after Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn into office on a Sunday when his predecessor James Polk's term expired.
- 1941 – Second World War: British Commandos successfully executed Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands of Norway.
- 2009 – The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity regarding his actions during the War in Darfur.
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