| | 546 | Goths under Totila capture Rome. |
| | 1399 | Battle of Panipat. Tamerlane defeated Indian army then massacred 100,000 captured Indian troops. He went on to destroy Delhi with further slaughter. |
| | 1903 | At 10:35AM, for 12 seconds, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight by Wright Brothers. |
| | 1933 | 1st professional football game: Chicago Bears vs. NY Giants. |
| | 1939 | German battleship, Admiral Graf Spee scuttled off coast of Uraguay. |
| | 1944 | Malmedy Massacre. Germans gun down 70 prisoners near Malmedy. |