1567 – Mary Queen of Scots married James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patented the world's first machine gun.
1756 – The Seven Years' War began when England declared war on France.
1800 – George III survived two assassination attempts in one day.
1905 – Las Vegas, Nevada, was founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, were auctioned off.
1928 - Mickey Mouse appeared in his first animated cartoon "Plane Crazy".
1935 – The Moscow Metro was opened to the public.
1936 – Amy Johnson arrived back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Cape Town.
1940 – McDonald's opened its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
1957 - Britain dropped its first H-bomb.
1974 – Terrorists attacked an Israeli school, killing a total of 31 people, including 22 schoolchidren.
1988 – The Red Army began its withdrawal from Afghanistan.