1795 – “Marseillaise” becomes French national anthem
1840 – Great Britain, Russia, Austria and Prussia sign Quadruple Alliance
1914 – Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe
1961 – Spain accepts equal rights for men and women
1965 – Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece
1985 – Deborah Carthy-Deu, of Puerto Rico, crowned 34th Miss Universe
1992 – Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed
1995 – Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton)
1999 – The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners’ Safeco Field was held in Seattle, Washington.
2002 – Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
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