Events
1497 – Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
1787 – Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts (First Fleet) to establish a penal colony in Australia.
1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
2007 – Republic Protests in Turkey.
Births
1024 – Hugh of Cluny, French saint
1254 – Maria of Brabant, queen of France
1898 – Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War
1939 – Harvey Keitel, American actor
Deaths
1312 – Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine
1573 – Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord
1988 – Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter
Holdiays/Festivals/Observances/International Days/Religous Events
Commemoration of Julian of Norwich (Roman Catholic).
Roman Empire – Feast of the Lemures
Abbotsbury Garland Day, Dorset, England
Manchester United 2008-09 Season - Trophies & Records
