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1138
A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
1311
The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
1614
The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
1634
The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1649
Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
1776
American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
1797
The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
1811
The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
1840
The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
1852
The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
1862
American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
1865
Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
1890
In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
1899
The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
1906
San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
1910
Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
1912
First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
1918
The 7.1 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
1937
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.
1942
World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
1950
CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
1954
In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
1958
NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
1962
The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1976
George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
1984
Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
1984
Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
1986
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
1987
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
1987
Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
1991
Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.
1999
Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself.
2002
A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
2013
A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 359 people drowning.
2018
Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.