1531 - In Lisbon, Portugal, about 25,000,000 people are killed in an earthquake.
1909 - The Ottoman Empire recognizes Austro-Hungarian annexation to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1919 - United States President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of the Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park).
1929 - United States President Calvin Coolidge signs an Executive Order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
1966 - Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB.
1992 The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina recognized the Republic of Macedonia.
