- 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
- 1825 – Bolivia gained independence from Spain
- 1861 – British annexation of Lagos, Nigeria took place
- 1946 – Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea was born
- 1962 – Jamaica became independent from Britain
- 1978 – Pope Paul VI died of heart attack at summer residence at 80
- 1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch football player and Arsenal star was born
- 1986 – William J Schroeder (world’s longest-survivor with permanent artificial heart, died after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump)
- 1997 – Microsoft bought $150 million worth of shares of financially troubled Apple Computer
- 2005 – Robin Cook, British politician died
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