1667 - A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
1839 - A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (never to be entirely rebuilt again). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster.
1867 - Alfred Nobel patents dynamite
1897 - Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy
1930 - 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito, Japan)
1950 - UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
1958 - Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
1976 - Суринам стекнува независност од Холандија
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
