1849 – Opening of the Great Hall at Euston station in London
1920 – Tatar ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
1941 – German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
1942 – Dorie Miller awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor
1970 – British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I in the Himalayas in north-central Nepal, 10th highest mountain
1981 – 25th European Cup: Liverpool beats Real Madrid 1-0 at Paris
1986 – Norway Showcase groundbreaking
1990 – Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow
1997 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO
2020 – Spain begins 10 days of mourning for victims of COVID-19 with death toll just under 27,000