Joseph Bonaparte
- 1283 – War of the Sicilian Vespers: An Aragonese fleet of galleys inflicted a crushing defeat on an Angevin fleet at Malta, forcing Charles I of Naples to postpone his plan to invade Sicily.
- 1758 – French and Indian War: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon on the shore of Lake Champlain in the British Colony of New York.
- 1808 – Joseph Bonaparte (pictured) approved the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as King of Spain during the Peninsular War.
- 1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal, the world's most circulated business daily newspaper, was published.
- 1962 – In response to student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese General Ne Win ordered the demolition of the school's Students Union building.
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