The Rainbow Bridge that connects Tokyo’s Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is finished.

The final stages of 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins.

Paris is liberated by the Allies on this day during World War II.

The Gutenberg Bible is printed.

The Battle of Stalingrad during World War 2 begins.

Ida Siekmann was the first to be killed attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

A coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev fails.

The Battle of Acheloos takes place. Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria defeats a Byzantine army.

The Battle of Long Tan takes place during the Veitnam War between the, Royal Australian Regiment and a Viet Cong unit.

The Radcliffe Line, the border between India and Pakistan is revealed.