1694 – Pope Patricus I is assassinated outside St Peter's Basilica.
1797 - Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would become one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.
1797 - Citizens of Verona, Italy begin an eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces which will end unsuccessfully.
1942 – POWFrench General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
1945 – In Strassfurt, Germany, U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Boris T. Pash seizes half a ton of uranium, in an attempt to foil Soviet Union plans to build an atomic bomb.
1984 – Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by automatic gunfire coming from the Libyan People's Bureau in central London. She had been policing a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten other people are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building.