- 1850 – The first National Women's Rights Convention, presided over by Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis (pictured), was held in Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces began their ill-fated attempt to recapture Henderson Field from the Americans.
- 1956 – The Hungarian Revolution began as a peaceful student demonstration which attracted thousands as it marched through central Budapest to the Parliament building.
- 1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional Irish Republican Army's attempted bombing of a meeting of loyalist paramilitary leaders failed, killing one of the perpetrators, one UDA member and eight civilians.
- 2002 – Chechen separatists seized a crowded theater in Moscow, taking approximately 700 patrons and performers hostage.
Anne Oldfield (d. 1730) · Stefano Franscini (b. 1796) · Annabel Breuer (b. 1992)
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