Today:
64 – The Great Fire of Rome began, devastating much of the city during the reign of Nero.
1290 – Edward I of England issued the Edict of Expulsion, ordering the expulsion of Jewish people from England.
1536 – The English Reformation advanced when the authority of the Pope was formally repudiated in Ireland under Henry VIII.
1872 – Briton Rivière‘s painting Daniel’s Answer to the King was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, becoming one of the Victorian era’s best-known biblical paintings.
1918 – Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, South Africa. He would later become South Africa’s first Black president and a global symbol of reconciliation.
1925 – Adolf Hitler published the first volume of Mein Kampf while imprisoned after the failed Beer Hall Putsch.
1947 – Jawaharlal Nehru was chosen to become the first Prime Minister of independent India.
1968 – Intel was founded by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore in California.
1976 – Nadia Comăneci earned her second perfect 10.0 score at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, helping redefine women’s gymnastics.
2013 – Detroit became the largest U.S. city ever to file for municipal bankruptcy protection.