Edward Carson signing the Ulster Covenant
- 235 – Having been exiled to labor in the mines of Sardinia by Roman emperor Maximinus Thrax, Pope Pontian resigned to make the election of a new pope possible.
- 1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City.
- 1912 – Over 470,000 people from Ulster, Ireland, signed the Ulster Covenant in protest against the Third Home Rule Bill (Edward Carson pictured).
- 1972 – Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the Canadian ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in the Summit Series.
- 2012 – War in Somalia: Somali National Army forces and their AMISOM and Raskamboni allies launched an offensive against Al-Shabaab in the latter's last major stronghold of Kismayo.
Prosper Mérimée (b. 1803) · Florence Violet McKenzie (b. 1890) · Patsy Mink (d. 2002)
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