- 1752 – The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia
- 1897 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America
- 1910 – Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, from Brazil, is founded
- 1914 – St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd
- 1962 – Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer was born
- 1968 – Mohammed Atta, 9/11 terrorist was born
- 1969 – A revolution in Libya brings Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi to power , which was later transferred to the People’s Committees
- 1971 – Qatar declares independence from Britain
- 1983 – Jose Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer was born
- 1991 – Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
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