1648 – Beginning of the 18 day battle of Zhovti Vody in Ukraine – Polish King Casimir eventually defeated by Cossacks
1888 – Old Kavallison, Congo: Henry Morton Stanley meets Emin Pasha
1943 – US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia
1945 – First food drop by RAF above Nazi-occupied Holland (Operation Manna)
1967 – “Respect” single released by Aretha Franklin (Billboard Song of the Year 1967)
1982 – American mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski murders pharmacist Paul Hoffman by beating him with a tire iron
1985 – Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1997 – Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force, outlaws production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories
2005 – Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation
2018 – Sweden’s official Twitter account confirms Swedish meatballs actually originated in Turkey