* 435 – The date of the earliest deciphered inscription at Copán.
* 969 – Byzatine Emperor Nikephoros II is assassinated by his wife Theofano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
* 1282 – Llywelyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.
* 1602 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.
* 1792 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
* 1905 – A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
* 1927 – Guangzhou Uprising: Communist militia and worker Red Guards launch an uprising in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
* 1937 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
* 1941 – World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on Germany and Italy.
* 1946 – The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
* 1962 – Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
* 1964 – Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell at the building during the speech.
* 1994 – First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
* 2008 – Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
* 2009 – Tiger Woods announced an indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage.
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