1803-English scientist John Dalton reads his paper "On the Absorption of Gases by Water and Other Liquids" to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Soc - 1st outline of his atomic theory
1816-Oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia, Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by English clergyman Rev. Hutchings
1854-Florence Nightingale, with a staff of 38 nurses, is sent to the Crimean War
1950-Chinese Communist forces occupy Tibet
1964-Society Hill Towers, a complex of three 31-story skyscrapers designed by I. M. Pei and Associates, inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1971-Nobel prize for literature awarded to Pablo Neruda
1988-Philippine's former president Ferdinand Marcos and first lady Imelda Marcos indicted on racketeering charges
2013-The Parliament of Canada confers Honorary Canadian citizenship on women's rights and education activist Malala Yousafzai
2015-German Chancellor Angela Merkel says German view of Holocaust will not change, after Benjamin Netanyahu says idea came from Mufti of Jerusalem