1745 – Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle
1791 – Chatham Islands sighted by HMS Chatham commanded by William Broughton
1803 – Dessalines and Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent
1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, taking over the leadership of German Confederation
1943 – US aircraft carrier Hornet launched
1981 – Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “My Fair Lady” closes at Uris Theater, NYC, after 119 performances
1986 – 51st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 21-17 in Birmingham
1987 – Ranger’s Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs NY Islanders). It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal.
2017 – Bosnian war criminal Slobodan Praljak commits suicide by poison in court at The Hague after 20 year prison term read out
2022 – For the first time fewer than half of people in England and Wales call themselves Christian according to the 2021 Census