Tower Bridge, London
- 1860 – Seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, several prominent British scientists and philosophers participated in an evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum in Oxford, England.
- 1894 – London's Tower Bridge (pictured), a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames, opened.
- 1934 – Adolf Hitler violently purged members of the Sturmabteilung (SA), its leader Ernst Röhm, and other political rivals in the Night of the Long Knives, executing at least 85 people.
- 1963 – A car bomb intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco killed seven police and military officers near Palermo.
- 1987 – The Royal Canadian Mint introduced the Canadian one-dollar coin, commonly known as the Loonie.
Miguel de Molinos (b. 1628) · Eleanor Sophia Smith (d. 1942) · Nancy Mitford (d. 1973)
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