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Events
- 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
- 9 – The Western Han Dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin Dynasty.
- 69 – Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
- 1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
- 1776 – Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
- 1810 – Napoleon Bonaparte divorces his first wife Joséphine.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
- 1863 – The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
- 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- 1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
- 1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
- 1929 – The Adventures of Tintin, one of the most popular European comic books, is first published in Belgium.
- 1946 – The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
- 1984 – The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
- 2011 – 2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland, Australia causes severe flash flooding, killing 9 people.
Births
- 1480 – Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
- 1769 – Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815)
- 1780 – Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)
- 1917 – Jerry Wexler, American record producer and journalist (d. 2008)
- 1939 – David Horowitz, American activist and author, founded the David Horowitz Freedom Center
- 1945 – John Fahey, Australian politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales
- 1945 – Rod Stewart, English-Scottish singer-songwriter (The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, Shotgun Express, and The Steampacket)
- 1990 – Tao Li, Singaporean swimmer
- 1998 – Xu Shilin, Chinese tennis player
Deaths
- 314 – Pope Miltiades
- 1833 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (b. 1752)
- 1917 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
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