- 1605 Polish–Swedish War: The Battle of Kircholmended in the decisive victory of Polish–Lithuanianforces, and is remembered as one of the greatest triumphs of Commonwealth cavalry.
- 1825 – Locomotion No. 1 hauled the train on the opening day of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public railway to use steam locomotives.
- 1916 – Lij Iyasu, the emperor-designate of Ethiopia, was deposed in favor of his aunt, Zewditu.
- 1964 – The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2, an advanced Cold Warstrike and reconnaissance aircraft that was later cancelled, made its first flight.
- 2007 – NASA launched the Dawn probe (mission patch pictured), its first purely exploratory mission to use ion propulsion, from Cape Canaveral,Florida.
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