This day in history:
- 1296 – Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
- 1939 – The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).
- 2006 – Cyclone Glenda, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in the Australian region makes landfall near Onslow, Western Australia.
- 2019 – Pope Francis visits Morocco.
Births:
- 1942 – Ruben Kun, Nauruan lawyer and politician, 14th President of Nauru (d. 2014)
- 1982 – Jason Dohring, American actor
- 1632 – John Proctor, farmer hanged for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials (d. 1692)
Deaths:
- 1970 – Heinrich Brüning, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
- 2005 – Chrysanthos Theodoridis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
- 1842 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (b. 1755)
Holidays:
- Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
- School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)
- Land Day (Palestine)
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