► 46 BC: Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
► 874 AD: Died Hasan al-Askari, eleventh of the Twelve Imams (b. 846)
► 1493: Christopher Columbus leaves discovered america in his first journey
► 1643: Born Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1727)
► 1762: Great Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples.
► 1854: The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang
► 1948: Founded East Pakistan Muslim Students League
► 1948: Burma gains its independence from the UK
► 1951: Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
► 2004: Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.