879 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris
1914 WWI: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener becomes British Minister of War after British declaration of war on Germany
1942 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz
1944 Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified
1962 Nelson Mandela captured by South African police
1970 Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
1979 Italian government of Cossiga begins
1984 American athlete Carl Lewis wins the 100m in 9.9 seconds in Los Angeles, first of 9 Olympic gold medals over 3 Games
1984 Prince’s “Purple Rain” album goes #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks
1993 Rwandian Hutus and Tutsis sign peace treaty in Arusha, Tanzania
1995 Operation Storm begins in Croatia, the Croatian army attacks territory under the Republic of Serbian Krajina in the largest land battle since WWII
2013 Hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran
2015 Muppets Missy Piggy and Kermit the Frog announce the end to their relationship on Twitter
2018 President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela survives an assassination attempt by drone, live on TV
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