47BC Caesar lands at Hadrumentum (Sousse, Tunisia) to begin his African War

457 Acclamation of the Western Roman Emperor Flavius Julius Valerius Majorianus -- Majorian (457-461, deposed), who tried to hold things together

484 Accession of Alaric as King of the Visigoths (484-507)

1065 Consecration of Westminster Abbey

1768 Coronation of King Taksin of Thailand (1768-1782)

1861 Combat at Mt Zion, Mo

1861 Combat at Sacramento, Ky

1864 Battle of Egypt Station, Ms

1908 The Great Messina Earthquake, c. 80,000 die

1941 Japanese capture Ipoh, Malaya

1941 Luzon: Fil-Am troops fall back to the Tarbac-Cabanatuan line

1942 Despite U.S. bombing, the Japanese begin using new airstrip on Munda

1942 German armed forces begin retreating from the Caucasus

1942 Papua: Japanese forces at Buna begin withdrawing to Giruwa

1943 Bougainville: Americal Div completes relief of the 3rd Marine Div

1943 New Britain: Japanese attack at Arawe is repulsed

1943 Canadian troops secure Ortona, Italy, from the Germans, after an eight-day fight

1950 Korea: Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel

1962 UN troops occupy Elizabethstad, Katanga

1985 Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign a peace agreement, temporarily halting the 1975-1990 civil War

2009 A Sunni suicide bomber kills 43 Shiites observing Day of Ashura in Karachi