* [[2022]] – At 49 days, ”'[[Liz Truss]]”’ concluded the shortest tenure as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister of the United Kingdom]].
* [[2022]] – At 49 days, ”'[[Liz Truss]]”’ concluded the shortest tenure as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister of the United Kingdom]].
* Born/died: | ”'[[Magnus the Good]]”'<!–Norwegian king–> |d|1047| ”'[[Catherine of Bosnia]]”'<!–Queen–> |d|1478| ”'[[Richard Parkes Bonington]]”'<!–English painter–> |b|1802| ”'[[Évariste Galois]]”'<!–French mathematician, male–> |b|1811| ”'[[Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti]]”'<!–Nigerian activist, female–> |b|1900| ”'[[Larry Itliong]]”'<!–American labor leader–> |b|1913| ”'[[Mark C. Rogers]]”'<!–American physician–> |b|1942| ”'[[Bernard Hogan-Howe]]”'<!–English police commissioner–> |b|1957| ”'[[Nancy Cartwright]]”'<!–American actress–> |b|1957| ”'[[Antonin Raymond]]”'<!–Czech/US architect–>|d|1976| ”'[[Katy Perry]]”'<!–American singer–> |b|1984| ”'[[Kara Hultgreen]]”'<!–American fighter pilot–> |d|1994|
* Born/died: | ”'[[Magnus the Good]]”'<!–Norwegian king–> |d|1047| ”'[[Catherine of Bosnia]]”'<!–Queen–> |d|1478| ”'[[Richard Parkes Bonington]]”'<!–English painter–> |b|1802| ”'[[Évariste Galois]]”'<!–French mathematician, male–> |b|1811| ”'[[Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti]]”'<!–Nigerian activist, female–> |b|1900| ”'[[Larry Itliong]]”'<!–American labor leader–> |b|1913| ”'[[Mark C. Rogers]]”'<!–American physician–> |b|1942| ”'[[Bernard Hogan-Howe]]”'<!–English police commissioner–> |b|1957| ”'[[Nancy Cartwright]]”'<!–American actress–> |b|1957| ”'[[Antonin Raymond]]”'<!–Czech/US architect–>|d|1976| ”'[[Katy Perry]]”'<!–American singer–> |b|1984| ”'[[Kara Hultgreen]]”'<!–American fighter pilot–> |d|1994|
==Notes==
==Notes==
* [[1944]] – ”'{{USS|Tang|SS-306|6}}”'<!–[[USS Tang (SS-306)]]–>, the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] submarine credited with sinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it was struck by its own [[torpedo]].
* [[1944]] – ”'{{USS|Tang|SS-306|6}}”'<!–[[USS Tang (SS-306)]]–>, the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] submarine credited with sinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it was struck by its own [[torpedo]].
* [[2010]] – [[Mount Merapi]]<!–not bold, unreferenced section–> in [[Central Java]], Indonesia, began ”'[[2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi|an increasingly violent series of eruptions]]”’ that lasted over a month.
* [[2010]] – [[Mount Merapi]]<!–not bold, unreferenced section–> in [[Central Java]], Indonesia, began ”'[[2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi|an increasingly violent series of eruptions]]”’ that lasted over a month.
{{Born and died list| ”'[[Johann Strauss II]]”'<!–Austrian composer–> |b|1825| ”'[[Grace Banker]]”'<!–American phone operator–> |b|1892| ”'[[Alexander of Greece]]”'<!–King–> |d|1920| ”'[[Matthew McCauley (politician)|Matthew McCauley]]”'<!–Canadian politician–> |d|1930| }}
{{Born and died list| ”'[[Johann Strauss II]]”'<!–Austrian composer–> |b|1825| ”'[[ ]]”'<!– –> |b|| ”'[[Alexander of Greece]]”'<!–King–> |d|1920| ”'[[Matthew McCauley (politician)|Matthew McCauley]]”'<!–Canadian politician–> |d|1930| }}
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| Constitution Day in Lithuania (1992); | refimprove section |
| ; Armed Forces Day in Romania | refimprove |
| Retrocession Day in Taiwan (1945) | unreferenced section |
| 1812 – War of 1812: USS United States captured HMS Macedonian, which later became the first British warship to be brought into an American harbor. | refimprove section |
| 1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange, the stock exchange with the most mining and petrochemical companies listed in the world, was established. | refimprove section |
| 1875 – The first performance of Tchaikovsky‘s Piano Concerto No. 1, one of his most popular compositions, was given in Boston with Hans von Bülow as soloist. | multiple issues |
| 1922 – The Third Dáil adopted the Constitution of the Irish Free State, based on the requirements of the Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the first independent Irish state to be recognised by the British. | refimprove/unreferenced sections |
| 1971 – The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, replacing the Republic of China with the People’s Republic of China as China’s representative at the United Nations. | refimprove section |
| 1980 – Proceedings on the Hague Abduction Convention, a multilateral treaty providing an expeditious method to return a child taken from one member nation to another, concluded at The Hague. | refimprove section |
| 1983 – The United States and Caribbean allies invaded Grenada, six days after Bernard Coard seized power in a violent coup d’état. | refimprove section |
| 1997 – The Million Woman March, a protest march for African-American women to be self-determined, took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Peacock, referencing problems |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay |b|1800| | Too much uncited |
| Fritz Haarmann |b|1879 | too many {cn} tags (>30) |
| Toktogul Satylganov |b|1864 | too much unreferenced content |
| Antony Starr |b|1975| | too much uncited, birthday not cited |
| Flip Saunders |d|2015| | too much uncited |
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- 1415 – Hundred Years’ War: The army of Henry V of England, consisting mostly of archers, unexpectedly defeated the numerically superior French cavalry at the Battle of Agincourt (pictured) on Saint Crispin’s Day.
- 1616 – Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog left a plate on an island in Shark Bay, the oldest-known artefact of European exploration in Australia still in existence.
- 1760 – George III became King of Great Britain and Ireland, succeeding his grandfather George II.
- 1854 – Crimean War: The ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade was decisively repelled by Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava.
- 1864 – American Civil War: During Price’s Missouri Expedition, Union troops defeated Sterling Price‘s Confederate army in three successive battles: Marais des Cygnes, Mine Creek, and Marmiton River.
- 1927 – The Italian cruise liner SS Principessa Mafalda sank when a propeller shaft broke and fractured the hull, resulting in 314 deaths.
- 1944 – Heinrich Himmler ordered a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a nonconformist youth group that assisted army deserters and others hiding from the Nazis.
- 1950 – The People’s Volunteer Army ambushed the South Korean II Corps at the Battle of Onjong, and elsewhere engaged the 1st Infantry Division at the Battle of Unsan, marking China’s entry into the Korean War.
- 2001 – Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was released for retail sale.
- 2022 – At 49 days, Liz Truss concluded the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
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