257 – St Stephen I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1578 – Battle of Rijmenam: Spanish Habsberg forces defeated by Dutch troops (Eighty Years’ War)
1914 – German press falsely reports that French bombed Nuremberg
1932 – Carl David Anderson discovers and photographs a positron, the first known antiparticle
1934 – William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour
1943 – Lt John F. Kennedy’s PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands
1964 – Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees
1983 – STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad
1986 – Saddam Hussein offers peace in open letter to Iran
2013 – Carl Icahn sues computer giant Dell in an attempt to derail a buyout bid by the CEO, Michael Dell