350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of Magnentius, in Rome.
1521 – Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
1906 – The US Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food Act.
1908 – The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
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