1568-Treaty of Adrianople of 1568: Representatives of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Ottoman Sultan Selim II agree to a peace plan ending the war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire; Maximilian agrees to provide a cash "present" and ruling authority is granted to the Ottomans in Transylvania, Moldavia, and Wallachia
1865-Columbia in South Carolina burns down during the American Civil War
1876-Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine
1947-Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR
1963-Japanese runner Toru Terasawa runs a world record marathon (2:15:15.8) at the Beppu Marathon on the island of Kyushu, Japan
1972-British Parliament votes to join the European Common Market
2006-A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
2017-Discovery of a new mostly underwater continent Zealandia in the South Pacific announced in research journal "GSA Today