International Day of Charity: This day is observed annually to raise awareness and promote the importance of charity work and its role in alleviating humanitarian crises and human suffering across the globe.
National Read a Book Day: Observed every year, this day aims to encourage people of all ages to read books and cultivate a reading habit, which can help in personal and professional growth, and enhance knowledge and creativity.
Defence Day (Pakistan): This day is observed in Pakistan to commemorate the sacrifices of the Pakistan Army in defending the country against India’s aggression in 1965.
394: Battle of the Frigidus: The Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats the usurper Eugenius, securing his control over the Eastern and Western Roman Empires.
1620: The Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England, with 102 passengers and approximately 30 crew members, on a voyage to the New World.
1837: The city of Houston is incorporated in Texas, becoming the largest city in the state and eventually the fourth-largest in the United States.
1901: The assassination of U.S. President William McKinley by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
1968: Swaziland gains independence from British colonial rule.
1991: The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
1997: Funeral services for Princess Diana are held at Westminster Abbey in London, with an estimated 2.5 billion people watching on television worldwide.
2017: North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date, claiming to have tested a hydrogen bomb.
