1654 - Prince William of Orange appointed viceroy of Overijssel
1904 - The Russians are driven back by the Japanese in the Battle of Shaho; both sides suffer heavy casualties: Japanese (16,000) and Russians (60,000)
1956 - William J. Brennan, Jr. is appointed to the US Supreme Court
1979 - Military coup in El Salvador: President Carlos Romero flees
2024 - Google signs a deal with Kairos Power to use small nuclear reactors to generate power to supply its artificial intelligence data centres
1926 - Ed McBain [Evan Hunter], American writer (Blackboard Jungle), born in New York City (d. 2005)
1937 - Linda Lavin, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (Alice; Barney Miller, 1975-76; Broadway Bound), born in Portland, Maine (d. 2024)
1953 - Joe Klecko, American Pro Football HOF defensive lineman (NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1981; First-team All-Pro 1981, 85; 4 × Pro Bowl; New York Jets), born in Chester, Pennsylvania
1971 - Annbjørg Lien, Norwegian folk fiddler and nyckelharpa player, born in Ålesund, Norway
1975 - Glen Little, English footballer, born in London, England
912 - Abdullah ibn Muhammad, 7th Emir of Córdoba (888-912), dies at 68
1715 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician, dies at 40
1891 - William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 54
1980 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
1987 - Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé revolutionary and politician, President of Burkina Faso (1983-87), assassinated in a coup at 37
Mata Hari, the dancer and spy, is executed for espionage by a French firing squad outside of Paris. She was accused of acting as a double agent for the French and Germans during World War II.