334 BC-The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus
1570-First atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' (Theatre of the World), published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps
1843-First wagon train departs Independence, Missouri for Oregon with 700-1,000 migrants
1926-Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China
1939-Germany's Adolf Hitler and Italy's Benito Mussolini sign the "Pact of Steel" formalizing the 1936 alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis
1991-Roh Jai-bong resigns as premier of South Korea
2014-Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha stage a coup in Thailand, suspending the kingdom's constitution and taking control of the government, the 12th since the country's first coup in 1932