1816 – Lady Caroline Lamb publishes the Gothic novel “Glenarvon”, a thinly disguised account of her affair with Lord Byron which also depicts her husband William Lamb
1874 – London’s Victoria Embankment opens
1882 – Telegraph Hill RR Co (Cable Cars) in San Francisco organized
1925 – Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem, laid
1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day
1945 – World War II: Hermann Goering is captured by the United States Army
1945 – Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
1992 – Salem Village Witchcraft Victims’ Memorial dedicated in Danvers (formally Salem Village) to mark 300 year anniversary of trials
1995 – Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
2001 – Accra Sports Stadium Disaster: 129 Ghanian football fans die in a stampede caused by the firing of teargas by police following a decision by the referee in a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko