1133 – Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor
1756 – Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania
1783 – Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public hot-air balloon flight (unmanned), covering 2km and lasting 10 minutes with an estimated altitude of 1,600-2,000m
1859 – Second Italian War of Independence: Battle of Magenta, results in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III over the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai
1944 – French general De Gaulle arrives in London
1950 – CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
1964 – LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Phil Phillies, 3-0
1967 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Louis Women’s Golf Invitational
1970 – Tonga (formerly Friendly Islands) declares independence from UK
2012 – Car bomb kills 26 and injures 190 people in central Baghdad, Iraq