Source: HistoryNet.com
0357: Constantius II visits Rome for the first time.
1282: Villagers in Palermo lead a revolt against French rule in Sicily.
1760: French forces besieging Quebec defeat the British in the second Battle on the Plains of Abraham.
1788: Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the constitution.
1789: The crew of the HMS Bounty mutinies against Captain William Bligh.
1818: President James Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
1902: Revolution breaks out in the Dominican Republic.
1910: The first night air flight is performed by Claude Grahame-White in England.
1916: British declare martial law throughout Ireland.
1919: Les Irvin makes the first jump with an Army Air Corps parachute.
1920: Azerbaijan joins the Soviet Union.
1930: The first organized night baseball game is played in Independence, Kansas.
1932: A yellow fever vaccine for humans is announced.
1945: Benito Mussolini is killed by Italian partisans.
1953: French troops evacuate northern Laos.
1965: The U.S. Army and Marines invade the Dominican Republic.
1967: Muhammad Ali refuses induction into the U.S. Army and is stripped of his boxing title.
1969: Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France.