President Sukarno of Indonesia
- 222 – Disgusted with Roman emperor Elagabalus's disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos, the Praetorian Guard assassinated him and his mother and threw their mutilated bodies in the Tiber.
- 1843 – During a period of activity known as the Great Eruption, Eta Carinae briefly became the second brightest star in the night sky.
- 1966 – Indonesian President Sukarno (pictured) signed the Presidential Order Supersemar, giving General of the Army Suharto the authority to restore order during the recent mass killings.
- 1978 – After hijacking a bus north of Tel Aviv, members of Palestine Liberation Organization faction Fatah engaged in a shootout with the Israel Police, resulting in the deaths of 38 civilians and most of the perpetrators.
- 1993 – Janet Reno was confirmed by the Senate as the first female United States Attorney General.
Stanisław Koniecpolski (d. 1646) · Jane Meade Welch (b. 1854) · Ralph Abernathy (b. 1926)
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