1611-Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, oldest existing university in Asia and largest Catholic university in the world
1796-Armistice of Cherasco between Sardinia and Napoleon Bonaparte at Cherasco, Piedmont gives France territories of Piedmont, Savoy and Nice
1939-Adolf Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect
1952-Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO
1967-Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title
1986-Soviet TV news program Vremya announces a nuclear accident at Chernobyl nuclear power station, 2 days after the event
1989-Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie
1994-Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer and his wife Rosario plead guilty to spying for the Soviet Union and Russia
1995-Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die
2001-Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist