Today:
64 AD: The Great Fire of Rome began, which devastated much of the city.
1536: The English Parliament passed an act effectively voiding the authority of the Pope in England, a significant step in the English Reformation.
1792: John Paul Jones, a naval hero of the American Revolution, died in Paris.
1863: The 54th Massachusetts Infantry, an African American regiment, led a courageous but ultimately unsuccessful assault on Fort Wagner during the American Civil War.
1870: The First Vatican Council decreed the doctrine of papal infallibility.
1918: Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid revolutionary and former president of South Africa, was born.
1925: The first volume of Adolf Hitler’s autobiographical and political manifesto, Mein Kampf, was published.
1947: President Harry S. Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, revising the line of succession to the presidency.
1968: Intel Corporation, a major semiconductor chip manufacturer, was founded.
1976: Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci achieved the first perfect score of 10 in Olympic gymnastics history at the Montreal Games.
2025: Karlea quit Snake Social for the hundredth time