833 - Louis the Pious, King of the Franks, performs public act of penance at the Church of Saint Medard in Soissons
1946 - Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI v the MCC
2000 - Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada
2001 - War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
2001 - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar
1801 - Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Queen consort of Prussia (1840-61), born in Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1873)
1854 - George Whitfield Chadwick, American composer (Judi Van Winke), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1931)
1874 - Henry Kolker, German-American actor and director (Holiday, Baby Face, Mad Love), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1947)
1946 - Ray Wylie Hubbard, American country and blues-rock singer-songwriter, born in Soper, Oklahoma
1954 - Chris Noth, American actor (Sex and the City, Law and Order), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1314 - Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
1997 - Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
1998 - Valerie Hobson, British actress (Great Expectations), dies at 81
1999 - Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 10 wickets; 5/109 in Test debut 1958; Trinidad and Tobago), dies at 67
2017 - Bobby Doerr, American Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (9 x MLB All Star; Boston Red Sox), dies at 99
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is dedicated in Washington, D.C. The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite wall inscribed with the names of the 57,939 Americans who died in the conflict.