| 1789 | Robespierre, a deputy from Arras, France, decides to back the French Revolution. | |
| 1812 | Great Britain signs the Treaty of Orebro, making peace with Russia and Sweden. | |
| 1830 | Uruguay adopts a liberal constitution. | |
| 1861 | Union and Confederate troops skirmish at Blackburn’s Ford, Virginia, in a prelude to the Battle of Bull Run. | |
| 1877 | Inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time. | |
| 1872 | The Ballot Act is passed in Great Britain, providing for secret election ballots. | |
| 1935 | Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army. | |
| 1936 | General Francisco Franco of Spain revolts against the Republican government, starting the Spanish Civil War. | |
| 1942 | The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, makes its first flight. | |
| 1971 | New Zealand and Australia announce they will pull their troops out of Vietnam. | |
| 1994 | In Buenos Aires, a massive car bomb kills 96 people. |
A husband and wife who are both superintendents at schools in the
state of Ohio are both facing serious charges related to allegations of
the sexual abuse of a girl who is now 13 years old.
