2010: A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages.
2007: Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
1944: World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1944: World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1941: World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
1939: World War II: A Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
1923: Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1882: Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.
1870: Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1800: The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.
929: Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.