- 1499 – Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII, was hanged after reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London.
- 1876 – William "Boss" Tweed, a New York City politician who had been arrested for embezzlement, was handed to US authorities after having escaped from prison to Spain.
- 1924 – Edwin Hubble (pictured) published evidence in a newspaper that the Andromeda Nebula, previously believed to be part of the Milky Way, is actually another galaxy, one of many in the universe.
- 1934 – An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogadenencountered a garrison of Somalis in Italian service at Walwal, which led to the Abyssinia Crisis.
- 2009 – A crowd of people on their way to register the candidacy ofEsmael Mangudadatu in the upcoming election for Governor ofMaguindanao, Philippines, were attacked by supporters of his rival, resulting in at least 57 deaths.
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