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Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria
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Jarrow marchers with Ellen Wilkinson
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Chief Joseph
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Barry Bonds
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Lloyd Bentsen
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Signing of the Treaty of Zamora
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Women's March on Versailles
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Jules Bianchi
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| International Day of No Prostitution; | neutrality issues, stub |
| World Teachers' Day; | needs expert attention |
| Republic Day in Portugal (1910) | refimprove section |
| 610 – Heraclius was crowned Byzantine emperor, having personally beheaded his predecessor, Phocas. | Yellow "undue weight" banner |
| 1143 – The Treaty of Zamora established Portugal as a kingdom independent of the Kingdom of León. | Too much uncited |
| 1607 – Venetian statesman Paolo Sarpi survived an attack by assassins sent by Pope Paul V. | Referencing issues |
| 1877 – After battling the U.S. Army for more than three months, retreating over 1,000 miles across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, and enduring a five-day siege, Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce band finally surrendered. | refimprove |
| 1908 – Prince Ferdinand became the first Tsar of Bulgaria since the Ottoman invasion in the 14th century. | refimprove section, unreferenced section (Ancestry) |
| 1910 – The Portuguese Republican Party organised a coup d'etat, deposed the constitutional monarchy and implanted a republican regime in Portugal. | refimprove section |
| 1930 – The British airship R101 (pictured) crashed in France en route to India on its maiden overseas flight, killing 48 passengers and crew. | too many cites needed |
| 1945 – A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators boiled over into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California. | refimprove |
| 1948 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature was founded at a congress sponsored by UNESCO director Julian Huxley in Fontainebleau, France. | unreferenced section |
| 1969 – The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast on BBC1. | refimprove |
| 1970 – Members of the Front de libération du Québec's Liberation Cell kidnapped British diplomat James Cross in Montreal, sparking the October Crisis. | refimprove |
| 1970 – The environmental organization Greenpeace was incorporated as the Don't Make a Wave Committee in British Columbia, Canada. | Date not cited in articles |
| 1973 – Seven nations signed the European Patent Convention, providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted. | Too much uncited |
| 1975 – Dirty War: The Argentine guerrilla group Montoneros carried out Operation Primicia, a terrorist attack in which they hijacked an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight, captured Formosa International Airport, and attacked a military regiment. | Could not verify date |
| 1986 – The British newspaper The Sunday Times published a story by Mordechai Vanunu, a former nuclear technician, revealing details of Israel's nuclear capability. | refimprove sections, outdated |
| 2001 – American baseball player Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs. | refimprove section |
| Giovanni Visconti |d|1354 | unreferenced section (Ancestry) |
| Catherine Cooper Hopley |b|1817| | Birthday not cited |
| Chester A. Arthur |b|1829| | Birthday not cited |
| Guido von List |b|1848 | Too much unreferenced content |
| Kelvin Tan |b|1981 | Too much unreferenced content, outdated |
Eligible
- 869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople, the eighth Catholic Ecumenical Council, was convened to discuss the patriarchate of Photios I of Constantinople.
- 1789 – French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of bread, thousands of Parisian women and allies marched (pictured) on the Palace of Versailles.
- 1869 – During construction of the Eastman tunnel in St. Anthony, Minnesota (now Minneapolis), the Mississippi River broke through the tunnel's limestone ceiling, nearly destroying Saint Anthony Falls.
- 1936 – Around 200 men began a 291-mile (468 km) march from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town.
- 1962 – "Love Me Do", the first single by the Beatles, was released in the United Kingdom.
- 1963 – The U.S. suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main economic support for South Vietnam, in response to the oppression of Buddhists by President Ngô Đình Diệm (pictured).
- 1986 – Eugene HasenfusTemplate:`s plane was shot down by Nicaraguan forces while carrying weapons to the Contra rebels on behalf of the U.S. government; he was subsequently captured, leading to an international controversy.
- 1988 – During the United States vice-presidential debate, Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen told his opponent Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
- 1994 – Swiss police found the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.
- 1999 – Two trains collided head-on in Ladbroke Grove, London, killing 31 people, injuring 417, and severely damaging public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system.
- 2011 – Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked and their crews murdered on a stretch of the Mekong River in far northern Thailand.
- Born/died: Justin II |d|578| Paul Fleming |b|1609| Tecumseh |d|1813| Plácido Zuloaga |b|1834| Francis William Reitz |b|1844| Guido von List |b|1848| Kumeko Urabe |b|1902| Ray Kroc |b|1902| Magda Szabó |b|1917| Roland Garros |d|1918| Bill Willis |b|1921| Jock Stein |b|1922| Sam Warner |d|1927| Varghese Payyappilly |d|1929| Travis Kelce |b|1989| Mary Leona Gage |d|2010|
Notes
- Happiness Is a Warm Gun appears on September 26, so Love Me Do should not appear in the same year.
- Boris III of Bulgaria appears on October 3, so Ferdinand I should not appear in the same year.
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- 1838 – A Cherokee band attacked settlers near Larissa, Texas, killing or abducting 18 people.
- 1903 – Samuel Griffith (pictured) became the first Chief Justice of Australia, while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first Puisne Justices of the High Court of Australia.
- 1962 – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, was released.
- 2000 – Colour revolutions: During protests over irregularities in the Yugoslavian general election, a wheel-loader was driven into the Radio Television of Serbia building, giving the protests the nickname "Bulldozer Revolution".
- 2014 – Formula One racing driver Jules Bianchi sustained fatal head injuries in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, dying the following year.