1781- The British defeated by the Americans at the Battle of Yorktown.
1917- The British occupy Jerusalem led by General Edmund Allenby.
1956- An agreement ending the war between the Soviet Union and Japan signed.
1987- The collapse of the American stock exchange.
1993- Benazir Bhutto elected as Pakistan’s prime minister.
1910- Syrian singer Farid al-Atrash born.
1216- King John of England passes away.