1692: Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 19 hanged overall, with six other deaths during Salem Witch Trials

1792: French First Republic formed by the National Convention, stripping the French king of his powers

1862: US President Abraham Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all enslaved people in the rebel southern states if those states fail to re-join the Union by January 1, 1863

1965: India and Pakistan cease-fire goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War

1980: Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway

Source: Onthisday.com