230 – St Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1545 – The first landing of French troops onto the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion
1588 – First engagement between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada off the Eddystone Rocks
1913 – The Egyptian government announces a new constitutional system and electoral law
1940 – VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
1962 – 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany, Georgia
1970 – Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property
1972 – Two passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain)
1977 – Sanjiva Reddy is elected sixth President of India unopposed
2015 – On This Day changes its domain name and brand from HistoryOrb.com to OnThisDay.com