1794- US doctor Jesse Bennett performs the first successful Caesarean operation in the world.
1814- Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.
1858- Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie escape unhurt after an Italian assassin throws a bomb at their carriage as they travel to the Paris Opera.
1907- Kingston earthquake hits Jamaica with a magnitude of 6.5, killing 1600 people.
1913- The first Balkan war erupts.
1929- King of Afghanistan 1929, Amanullah Khan, abdicates.
1972- Queen Margrethe II ascends the Danish throne.
1996- Jorge Sampaio elected as president of Portugal.
2005 -European Huygens probe lands on Saturn’s moon Titan.
2011-Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi announces that he will take temporary control of the country.
2011-104 killed in a stampede in Kerala, India.
Born Today:
1905- Former Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda.
1919- Former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti.
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