- 1590 Army of Moroccan Pasha Ahmad al-Mansur begins its epic 135 day crossing of the Saharan desert on his way to defeat the Songhai Empire
- 1731 Dutch people revolt against a government tax on meat
- 1870 Jules Janssen flies in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse
Itō Hirobumi First PM
1885 Samurai Itō Hirobumi becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan
- 1915 Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati; Federal Baseball League dissolves
The Mummy
1932 "The Mummy," directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff, is released in the US as the first Mummy horror film
- 1956 Colo is born, the first gorilla bred in captivity at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Columbus, Ohio
- 1958 Christmas novelty single "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by fictional characters David Seville and the Chipmunks reaches #1, the only holiday chart-topper until Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in 2019
- 1962 1,000,000th NBA point is scored
- 1964 First flight of the US aircraft Lockheed SR-71, reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet)
Like a Virgin
1984 Madonna's single "Like a Virgin" reaches #1 and stays there for 6 weeks
- 2000 On This Day launches as HistoryOrb.com
- 2006 Australian archaeologist Sue O'Connor finds first evidence of modern humans in Jerimalai cave, near Lene Hara cave in East Timor
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