History, as my birthday sees it
Even though it is a while before my birthday, I am following 
kaiaphis's lead and put my birthday in the wikipedia.
kaiaphis's lead and put my birthday in the wikipedia.
- 66 - Emperor Nero creates the legion I Italica.
- 1236 - The Lithuanians and Semigallians beat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in Battle of Šiauliai.
- 1586 - The battle of Zutphen occurs.
- 1598 - Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter.
- 1692 - Last people hanged for witchcraft in the United States.
- 1776 - Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.
- 1784 - Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska.
- 1789 - The position of United States Postmaster General established.
- 1792 - primidi Vendemière of year I of the French Republican Calendar
- 1862 - Slavery in the United States: A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
- 1866 - Decisive battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
- 1869 - Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold debuts in Munich.
- 1885 - Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule e.g. "Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right".
- 1893 - The first American-built automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed.
- 1908 - The independence of Bulgaria is recognised.
- 1927 - Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
- 1944 - World War II, Red Army entered Tallinn.
- 1951 - The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
- 1955 - In Britain, the television channel ITV goes live for the first time.
- 1960 - Mali gains independence from France.
- 1965 - The war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the UN calls for a cease-fire.
- 1970 - Tunku Abdul Rahman resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- 1975 - Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.
- 1979 - The South Atlantic Flash is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
- 1980 - Iraq invades Iran.
- 1985 - The Farm Aid concert takes place in Champaign, Illinois, United States.
- 1985 - The Plaza Accord was signed in New York City.
- 1991 - The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time, by the Huntington Library.
- 1993 - A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
- 1994 - Friends premieres on NBC.
- 1997 - Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed.
- 1999 - The West Wing premieres on NBC
- 2002 - The Cincinnati Reds lose their final game at legendary Cinergy Field to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-3.
- 2003 - David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.
- 2004 - Lost premieres on ABC
- Hobbit Day, the birthday of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, is observed by fans of J.R.R. Tolkien. (However, this date as given in The Lord of the Rings was in the fictional Shire Calendar and therefore does not correspond exactly to the Gregorian date.)