1340 – Battle of Rio Salado (or Tarifa): King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile defeat Sultan Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali of Morocco and Yusuf I of Granada in the last Marinid invasion of the Iberian Peninsula
1899 – British Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill reaches Cape Town
1970 – KVEW TV channel 42 in Kennewick, Washington (ABC), begins broadcasting
1975 – John Bucyk of the Boston Bruins becomes the seventh NHL player to score 500 goals
1987 – In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit home entertainment system, the TurboGrafx-16, known as PC Engine
1991 – The Madrid Peace Conference begins in Madrid, Spain, to negotiate peace in the Middle East
2019 – Kashmir officially loses its autonomous status, its flag and its constitution, as India brings it under federal control
2024 – English rock band Coldplay plays first show in their history without all four members on stage, as bassist Guy Berryman takes ill just before showtime at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia