1842 – Second Seminole War declared over by Colonel Worth; Indians go on to be removed from Florida to Oklahoma
1914 – British field marshal John French and Gen Wilson land in France
1949 – Military coup in Syria under colonel Sami Hinnawi
1953 – KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 – Philadelphia Phillies lose 17th straight game
1962 – US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million
1967 – Celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon cuts actress Mia Farrow’s hair into the famous pixie cut, costing $5,000. In reality, just a publicity stunt, Farrow had previously cut her own hair.
1967 – British pirate radio station Radio 270 broadcast from an offshore lugger, is forced to close down
1982 – Iran “Ramadan-offensive” in Iraq
1997 – Soyuz TM-25 lands