Historical Events
626 - Battle at Constantinople: Slavic, Persians and Avar siege of Constantinople fails, keeping the Byzantine Empire intact
1900 - Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike
1930 - Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King's Liberal Party loses the election to Richard Bedford Bennett of the Conservative Party
2008 - Russo-Georgian War: Georgia moves troops into the Russian-supported self-proclaimed republic of South Ossetia in response to aggression; first European war of the 21st century
2012 - Heavy rain forces 20,000 people to flee their homes in Manila, Philippines
Famous Birthdays
1844 - Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and petrologist, born in Paris (d. 1911)
1872 - Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff, Dutch politician (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1926-31), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1957)
1973 - Kevin Muscat, Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics 1996), born in Crawley, United Kingdom
1976 - Cathy Park Hong, American Korean poet (Dance Dance Revolution), born in Los Angeles, California
1977 - Samantha Ronson, British DJ, born in Camden, London
Famous Deaths
1821 - Caroline of Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV (1820-21), dies at 53
1942 - Richard Gott, British general (commandant of 8th Army), dies in battle at 43
1970 - Jonathan Jackson, US African American activist, shot dead in a shootout at 17
2004 - Red Adair, American oil field firefighter, dies at 89
2023 - DJ Casper [William Perry Jr.], American club DJ and songwriter ("Cha Cha Slide"), dies of cancer at 58
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