1832 – Felix Mendelssohn’s concert overture “Hebrides” premieres in London
1897 – Great Britain signs treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
1939 – Lina Medina of Peru becomes the world’s youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five
1944 – 91 German bombers harass Bristol
1955 – Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania
1965 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 – First round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta
1986 – Pride of Baltimore lost at sea.
2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun
2013 – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel “Americanah” is published