- 1916 – The last in a series of letters was written wherein Britain would support Arab independence from the Ottoman Empire in return for launching a revolt.
- 1952 – Facing likely electoral defeat, former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista staged a coup d'état to resume control.
- 1968 – Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85.
- 2000 – The Nasdaq Composite stock market index peaked at 5048.62, the high point of the dot-com boom.
- 2008 – The New York Times revealed that Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer (pictured) had used a prostitution service.
Amy Spain (d. 1865) · Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (d. 1898) · Emily Osment (b. 1992)
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