1522: Ferdinand Magellan’s Spanish expedition, now led by Juan Sebastián Elcano, returns to Seville without its captain after a three-year epic voyage, becoming the first to circumnavigate the globe

1666: After St. Paul’s Cathedral and much of the city burned down over four days, the Great Fire of London is finally extinguished

1901: US President William McKinley is shot and assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz while visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York

1909: The New York Times headline announces that American explorer Robert Peary reached the North Pole five months earlier (claim now considered unlikely)

1914: World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins as French and British forces prevent the German advance on Paris

Source: Onthisday.com