43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated.
1869 – American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
1936 – Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
1962 – Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
1982 – In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
1988 – Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
1999 – A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.
2006 – A tornado strikes Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties.
2007 – The Hebei Spirit oil spill begins in South Korea after a crane barge that had broken free from a tug collides with the Very Large Crude Carrier, Hebei Spirit.
