| 0 | | Secret Police Day in Russia |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Dominic of Silos, Patron of Captives, Prisoners, Shepherds, Pregnant Women, and more besides |
| 69 | | the Roman Emperor Aulus Vitellius abdicated as the Flavian legions entered Rome, ending the "Year of the Four Emperors" -- Learn More |
| 1046 | | Abdication of Pope Gregory VI (1045-1046), d. 1048 |
| 1192 | | Returning from the Crusaders, Richard Lion-Heart of England is captured by Leopold V of Austria, and held for ransom, setting the stage for "Ivanhoe" |
| 1334 | | Jacques Fournier is elected Pope as Benedict XII (1334-1342) |
| 1497 | | Annulment of the marriage of Giovanni Sforza (28) and Lucrezia Borgia (17) on the grounds of impotence, which Giovanni later proves is untrue |
| 1522 | | Suleiman the Magnificent captures Rhodes, after permitting the last surviving Knights of St. John their freedom |
| 1822 | | Congress authorizes a naval expedition to suppress piracy in the Caribbean |
| 1826 | | Batman was promoted to first lieutenant in the U.S. 6th Infantry -- Learn More |
| 1841 | | Capt Charles Wilkes' "United States Exploring Expedition" surveys Wake I. |
| 1861 | | Combat at Drainsville, Va |
| 1862 | | Battle of Holly Spring, Ms: Earl Van Dorn disrupts U.S. Grant's supply lines |
| 1862 | | Battle of Kelly's Ford, Va |
| 1862 | | Grant begins his first effort to take Vicksburg |
| 1915 | | Russian troops capture Qom, Persia |
| 1915 | | The British withdrew from Sulva Bay, Gallipoli -- Learn More |
| 1922 | | Brooklyn's Engine Company 205 makes the last run by a horse-drawn fire engine in New York City |
| 1924 | | Adolf Hitler is freed from prison, having served only part of his sentence for the "Beer Hall Putsch" |
| 1928 | | Australian George H. Wilkins and American Carl B. Eielson flew some 1,300 miles over the Antarctic Peninsula in about 10 hours -- Learn More |
| 1933 | | Chaco War: Bolivia & Paraguay conclude a 20 day truce |
| 1941 | | American Volunteer Group ("Flying Tigers") goes into action over Kunming |
| 1941 | | Ernest J. King is named Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet |
| 1941 | | The British colonial gov't of Malaya agrees to train Malayan Communist Party members for guerrilla operaitons in case of a Japanese invasion. |
| 1942 | | 8,000 ton Japanese transport lost to a mine off Tokyo |
| 1942 | | First Japanese bombing of Calcutta |
| 1942 | | Papua: Allied forces make gains in the Sanananda area |
| 1943 | | USS 'Puffer (SS-268) sinks the Japanese destroyer 'Fuyo' about 60 miles west of Manila |
| 1944 | | Battle of Bastogne: Germans surround the American defenders, initiating a siege |
| 1944 | | Dwight D. Eisenhower was promoted to General of the Army -- Learn More |
| 1944 | | Japanese on Leyte told no more reinforcements or supplies will be sent |
| 1958 | | First successful test of the US Titan ICBM |
| 1983 | | PLO chairman Yasser Arafat & 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon |
| 1989 | | Operation Just Cause begins: US troops invade Panama |