235 ― St. Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic pope
855 ― Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1349 ― People of Krems, Austria, accuse Jews of poisoning the wells
1364 ― The Battle of Auray: English forces defeat French at Brittany
1650 ― Henry Robinson opens first marriage bureau (England)
1785 ― Chaidic sect is excommunicated in Cracow, Poland
1789 ― U.S. War Department established a regular army
1829 ― London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty
1829 ― Scotland Yard formed in London
1849 ― First passenger train service to Peekskill, N.Y. (New Haven Railroad)
1853 ― Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348
1892 ― First night football game played (Mansfield, Penn.)
1915 ― A hurricane claims 275 in the Mississippi Delta
1918 ― Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line
1920 ― Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
1930 ― Boquer￠n battle ends Paraguay border dispute
1936 ― Radio used for the first time for a presidential campaign
1943 ― Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice
1944 ― Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia
1957 ― 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery, Pakistan)
1959 ― Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution
1963 ― Second session of Ecumenical Council, Vatican II, opens in Rome
1969 ― "Love American Style" premiers on ABC
1973 ― Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
1977 ― Muhammad Ali won a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers
1977 ― Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
1979 ― Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong
1979 ― Pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland
1982 ― Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago
1986 ― USSR releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges
1988 ― Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 200m woman's record (21.34)
1988 ― U.N. Peacekeeping Forces win Nobel Peace prize
