1689 – Battle of Dunkeld fought in Scotland between supporters of King James VII of Scotland and troops of William of Orange
1841 – John Hampton patents venetian blind
1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1864 – Major Gen Nathan B Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee
1915 – Italy declares war on Turkey in World War One
1962 – Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
1967 – Mikis Theodorakis arrested in Greece
1968 – William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)
1978 – 1st gay theme telefilm – Matlovich vs US Air Force
1991 – Latvia declares its independence from USSR