1848 Slavery abolished in all French territories.
1795 The British capture Capetown, South Africa, from the Dutch.
1906 Douglas Mawson, Edgeworth David and Alistair Mackay claim to have discovered the Magnetic South Pole in Antarctica.
1915 Tsar Nicolas II adjourns 4th Duma.
1925 (Riley B.) B.B.King, an American blues guitarist and singer, is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi.
1997 Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs interim CEO.
