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Events
- 1666 - Great Fire of London ends
- 1793 - French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
- 1905 - Russo-Japanese War ends
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls.
- 1938 - Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are assassinated in the Seguro Obrero massacre.
- 1939 - World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.
- 1969 - My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
- 1972 - Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.
- 1975 - Sacramento, California: a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson, Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
- 1978 - Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
Births
- 1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
- 1902 - Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer and executive (d. 1979)
- 1905 - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian writer (d. 1983)
- 1921 - Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive (d. 2007)
- 1927 - Paul Volcker, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
Deaths
- 1877 - Crazy Horse, Lakota (Sioux) chief (b. 1849)
- 1926 - Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician, founding member of the German Workers Party (DAP)
- 1953 - Richard Walther Darré, National Socialist ideologist
- 1997 - Mother Teresa, Albanian-born missionary, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1910)
