Fire in the Winter Palace
- 497 BC – The temple to the Roman god Saturn was dedicated in the Roman Forum; its anniversary was celebrated as Saturnalia.
- 546 – After a nearly year-long siege, Ostrogoths led by Totila sacked Rome.
- 1837 – A fire in the Winter Palace (pictured) in Saint Petersburg broke out, partially damaging the palace and killing thirty guardsmen.
- 1967 – Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.
- 1983 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb just outside Harrods Department Store in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others.
Rumi (d. 1273) · Erwin Piscator (b. 1893) · Agnes Mary Mansour (d. 2004)
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