Today:
1066 – William the Conqueror invades England, landing at Pevensey Bay.
1542 – Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovers San Diego Bay in present-day California.
1781 – The Siege of Yorktown begins during the American Revolutionary War.
1823 – Simón Bolívar is declared President of Peru.
1867 – Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.
1889 – The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) is held in Paris.
1924 – Two U.S. Army planes complete the first round-the-world flight, landing in Seattle.
1939 – Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on the division of Poland after invading the country.
1961 – A military coup in Syria ends the United Arab Republic between Egypt and Syria.
1995 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign the Oslo II Accord.