| 0 | | Annual parade of the Equites at Rome |
| 565 | | Accession of Justin II as Byzantine Emperor (565-578) |
| 1380 | | King Charles VI "The Beloved" or "The Mad" of France crowned at age 12 (1380-1422) |
| 1683 | | Battle of Kalenberg: Poles & Imperialists defeat the Turks |
| 1751 | | Siege of Arcot: Rajah Chandra Sahib's Franco-Indian Army abdanons the 50 day siege of Clive's Anglo-Indians |
| 1812 | | Second Battle of Polotsk: French defeat the Russians |
| 1851 | | Publication of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" |
| 1863 | | Confederate Gen Braxton Bragg assigns Maj Gen Bedford Forrest an independent command in northern Mississippi and Western Tennessee |
| 1863 | | Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi |
| 1889 | | Nellie Bly, ace "girl" reporter for the 'New York World," boards a ship in NY in an effort to go around the world in 80 days; completes the trip in 72 |
| 1906 | | Theodore Roosevelt lands in Panama; the first visit by a sitting president to a foreign country |
| 1910 | | First airplane takeoff from a ship: Eugene Ely in a Curtiss Flyer, off USS 'Birmingham' (CL-2) |
| 1919 | | Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia, from the Whites |
| 1935 | | Nazis deprive German Jews of their citizenship |
| 1935 | | The Philippine Commonwealth is established, to attain full independence on July 4, 1946 |
| 1938 | | Pres. Roosevelt initiates a major expansion of the Army, including the Air Corps |
| 1940 | | Luftwaffe "coventryizes" Coventry |
| 1941 | | Aircraft carrier HMS 'Ark Royal' sinks in the Mediterranean after being torpedoed by the 'U-81' the day before |
| 1942 | | Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Day 3: intense air and naval action |
| 1944 | | Chinese New 22nd Div takes Mantha, in northern Burma |
| 1956 | | Hungarian Revolution finally crushed by overwhelming Soviet forces |
| 1965 | | Battle of Ia Drang Valley: Start of the first major encounter between American and mainline VC units; ends 18th |
| 1968 | | "Turn in Your Draft Card Day" proves highly unsuccessful |
| 1975 | | Spain abandons Spanish Sahara, which is immediately occupied by Morocco |
| 1991 | | Royal Oak, Michigan: A former Postal Service employee shoots nine people, four of whom die, before committing suicide |
| 2001 | | Operation Enduring Freedom: Northern Alliance forces liberate Kabul from the Taliban |
| 1567 | | Maurice of Nassau, Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (1585-1625), Sovereign Prince of Orange (1618-1665), |
| 1765 | | Robert Fulton, American inventor, d. 1815 |
| 1773 | | Stapleton Cotton, later field marshal & Viscount Combermere, d. 1865 -- Learn More |
| 1814 | | Michael Kelly Lawler, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1882 |
| 1822 | | William Harrow, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1872 |
| 1827 | | Isaac Wistar, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1905 |
| 1828 | | James Birdseye MacPherson, Maj Gen, U.S., KIA 1864 |
| 1884 | | William Henry Rupertus, Maj. Gen. UScommander, 1st Mar Div., Cape Gloucester and Peleliu, author of "The Rifleman's Creed". |
| 1909 | | Joseph R McCarthy, Navy veteran, dipsomaniacal demagogic senator, d. 1957 |
| 1922 | | The BBC |
| 1922 | | Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, Secretary General of the United Nations (1992-1996) |
| 1932 | | John Jeremy Black, British naval officer, who commanded the carrier 'Invincible' in the Falklands, and rose to Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, with his flag on 'Victory', d. 2015 |
| 1948 | | Charles, the Prince of Wales, naval officer |
| 1954 | | Condolezza Rice, presidential advisor, SecState, concert pianist |
| 565 | | Roman Emperor Justinian I "the Great" (527-565), 82 [perhaps late on the 13th] |
| 976 | | Emperor Chao K'uang-yin (960-976), 49, the first Sung |
| 976 | | Zhao Kuangyin, the Emperor Taizu, the first of Song Emperor of China (960-976) |
| 1263 | | Grand Duke Alexander Nevski of Novgorod (1252-1263), 43 |
| 1673 | | King Michael Korybut Wilniowiecki of Poland-Lithuania (1669-1873), 33 |
| 1687 | | Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, 37, Charles I's favorite mistress |
| 1866 | | King Miguel I "the Absolutist" or "the Traditionalist" of Portugal (1828-1834), 64, in exile, |
| 1908 | | Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, 58, naval officer, Minister of Marine, hunting companion to Phil Sheridan, George Custer, & Buffalo Bill, in exile -- Learn More |
| 1942 | | Al Sullivan (20), drowned off Guadalcanal |
| 1969 | | Maj Gen Bruno Arthur Hochmuth, 3rd MarDiv, 56, kia, Vietnam |