- 1903 – Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed only ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.
- 1913 – A strike by agricultural workers in Wheatland, California, U.S., degenerated into a riot, one of the first major farm labor confrontations in California.
- 1929 – Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed to likely be the messianic "World Teacher", shocked the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.
- 1940 – World War II: Italy invaded British Somaliland, capturing the region 16 days later.
- 2007 – Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga was captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
Empress Dowager Cao (d. 925) · Hamilton Fish (b. 1808) · Dolores del Río (b. 1904)
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