1708 – Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur
1862 – Skirmish at Big Hill, Kentucky (two Federal regiments)
1940 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands dismisses Dutch Prime Minister Dirk Jan de Geer
1968 – Ringo temporarily quits The Beatles over a disagreement and rejoins the group after a holiday in Sardinia
1969 – 30th Venice Film Festival opens
1979 – Iranian army opens offensive against Kurds
1982 – Seattle Mariners pitcher Gaylord Perry is ejected for throwing a spitter
1992 – Wilhelm Verwoerd, grandson of former South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the main architect of apartheid, joins the African National Congress
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