456 – Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire.
1793 – Battle of Wattignies.
1901 – Baron Hayashi of Japan begins negotiations in London to make an alliance with the British and strengthen Japan’s position against Russians
1923 – Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded
1926 – Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed
1957 – USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space
1958 – Benjamin Britten’s “Nocturne,” premieres
1967 – WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1985 – Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip
1995 – Million Man March held in Washington, D.C. (over 830,000 African American men attend)
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