64 – Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero
1536 – Pope’s authority declared void in England
1862 – Battle of Newburgh, Indiana – captured by Union forces
1870 – Pope Pius IX and the First Vatican Council officially proclaim the concept of papal infallibility
1947 – King George VI signs Indian Independence Act
1951 – Uruguay accepts its constitution
1976 – “Something’s Afoot” closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 61 performances
1988 – Shooting begins on Bond film “License to Kill”
2012 – Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People’s Army
2024 – Chinese Third Plenum, a five-yearly decision-making summit, ends with a focus on “Chinese Modernisation” and lays groundwork for an unprecedented fourth term for Xi Jinping