Capture of Princesa
- 876 – Forces of the Abbasid Caliphate decisively defeated those of the Saffarid emir Ya'qub ibn Laith, forcing the latter to halt his advance into Iraq.
- 1740 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Royal Navy captured the Spanish ship of the line Princesa (pictured) and mustered her into British service.
- 1943 – Otto and Elise Hampel were executed in Berlin for their resistance activities against the Third Reich.
- 1968 – BOAC Flight 712 had an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow, leading to the deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Jane Harrison, who was later awarded a posthumous George Cross for her heroism during the accident.
- 2008 – On board Soyuz TMA-12, Yi So-yeon became the first Korean person, and second Asian woman, to go into space.
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