Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
New York's district attorney returned 58 stolen pieces of art to Italy, worth $19 million.
El Salvador established Bitcoin as legal tender.
Asteroid 2014 RC passed safely by Earth at a distance of 24,800 miles away.
Sacha Baron Cohen's mockumentary 'Borat' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot four times in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
The STS-69 became the 100th successful crewed NASA spaceflight.
The Great Atlantic hurricane formed and wreaked havoc for a whole week.
The Blitz began.
French aviator Eugène Lefebvre tragically died in an airplane crash, making this day the first-ever aviation fatality.
Edith Eleanor McLean became the first baby ever to use an incubator.
Dom Pedro I, the founder and first ruler of the empire of Brazil, declared Brazil's independence from Portugal.
The Treaty of The Hague was signed between the German Empire, Great Britain, and The Netherlands.
Boston, Massachusetts, was founded by Governor Winthrop.
A solar eclipse occurred, which is said to have marked the birth of the Greek legend Hercules.
