1460-Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield (Northern England), Duke of York is killed and his forces are soundly defeated by the forces of King Henry VI
1906-All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca in East Bengal, British India, later lays the foundations for Pakistan
1922-Creation of the USSR is formally proclaimed in Moscow from the Bolshoi Theatre, organized as a union (U) of Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian and Transcaucasian Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR).
1924-Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces the existence of other galactic systems at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society
1950-Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states within the French Union
1971-A member of the Irish Republican Army is killed in a premature bomb explosion in Santry, Dublin
1977-Carter holds first news conference by U.S. President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)
1993-Vatican recognizes Israel