1812 – Work on London’s Regent’s Canal starts.
1863 – Battle at Bristoe Station, Virginia (about 2000 casualties)
1941 – 1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk and Riga
1948 – Large scale fighting between Israel and Egypt
1950 – Rev Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison
1951 – Organization of Central American States forms
1954 – Israeli act of revenge in Qibiya Jordan, kills 53
1966 – Dutch government of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer
1979 – Flyers start 35 game unbeaten streak beating Toronto 4-3
1996 – Braves blow out St Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game