476 – Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself “King of Italy”, thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
1260 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1282 – Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily.
1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Seсora La Reina de los Бngeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
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1862 – American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1882 – The Pearl Street Station in New York Citybecomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
1886 – American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1941 – World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
1949 – The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
1957 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
Births
973 – Al-Biruni, Persian physician and polymath (d. 1048)
1383 – Felix V, antipope of Rome (d. 1451)
1596 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687)
1905 – Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox camera (d. 2003)
1912 – Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999)
Deaths
1676 – John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (b. 1600)
1907 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
1965 – Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
1995 – William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
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