1838 - Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec.
1922 - The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
1959 - Discoverer 1 an American spy satellite is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched. It failed to achieve orbit.
1997 - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 in Armenia and Azerbaijan kills around 1,100 people.
1997 - Ardabil earthquake (1997); in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
2001 - Nisqually Earthquake; a magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington.
2010 – Died Kushiro Hayashi, Japanese astrophysicist.
