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| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Day of the National Flag in Romania (1848) | too many citations needed |
| International Day in Support of Victims of Torture; | outdated |
| ; Sunthorn Phu Day in Thailand | refimprove |
| 363 – Roman emperor Julian was killed during the retreat from his campaign against the Sassanid Empire. | refimprove section |
| 699 – En no Gyōja, the founder of the Japanese Buddhist sect known as Shugendō, was exiled to Izu Ōshima for witchcraft. | unreferenced section |
| 1409 – In an attempt to end the Western Schism, during which Gregory XIIinRome and Benedict XIIIinAvignon simultaneously claimed to be the true pope, the Council of Pisa instead ended up electing a third one, Alexander V. | unreferenced section |
| 1541 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro was assassinated in Lima by supporters of his rival Diego de Almagro's son. | refimprove section |
| 1942 – The Grumman F6F Hellcat made its first flight, and went on to become the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second part of World War II. | refimprove |
| 1948 – Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery", one of the most famous short storiesinAmerican literature, was published. | refimprove section |
| 1959 – Ingemar Johansson became the only Swedish world champion of heavyweight boxing by defeating American Floyd PattersonatYankee Stadium. | refimprove section |
| 1936 – The first prototype of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first fully controllable helicopter, made its maiden flight. | refimprove |
| 1963 – U.S. president John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for a democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall. | refimprove section |
| 1976 – The CN Tower, the tallest freestanding structure on land, was opened to the public in Toronto. | refimprove section, outdated |
| 1997 – In Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down anti-obscenity provisions of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. | needs more footnotes |
| 2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for private use in Washington, D.C., and other federal enclaves. | neutrality issues, outdated |
| Juliana Morell |d|1653 | refimprove section |
| John Stevens |b|1749 | iffy DoB |
| Yevgeny Primakov |d|2015 | refimprove section |
| * 1295 – Przemysł II was crowned King of Poland in the first coronation of a Polish ruler in 219 years. | too much uncited |
| * 2006 – Mari Alkatiri, the first prime minister of East Timor, resigned after weeks of political unrest. | Tagged for citations |
| * 1996 – Irish crime reporter Veronica Guerin was murdered while stopped at a traffic light, an event that helped establish Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau. | Tagged for update |
