1987 – Coup in Tunisia
In a bloodless coup in Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali took over the Presidentship of Tunisia from President Habib Bourguiba.
1947 – Coup in Thailand
The military staged a coup against Thawan Thamrong Nawasawat and installed Khuang Aphaiwong as Prime Minister.
1917 – October Revolution
The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, took over the winter palace and ended the rule of the post-Tsarist provisional government and transferred all powers to the communists in Russia
1916 – First woman to be elected to US Congress
Jeannette Rankin from Montana became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
1869 – First inter-city cycle race
The first city to city cycle race was held between Paris and Rouen. James Moore, an Englishman living in Paris at that time won the race.
1952 – David Petraeus
American military officer, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1943 – Joni Mitchell
Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist
1913 – Albert Camus
French author, journalist, philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
1888 – C. V. Raman
Indian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1867 – Marie Curie
Polish chemist, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
2011 – Joe Frazier
American boxer
1980 – Steve McQueen
American actor
1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt
American politician, humanitarian, 34th First Lady of the United States
1913 – Alfred Russel Wallace
Welsh/English geographer, biologist, explorer
644 – Umar
Islamic caliph
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