753 BC: Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date)

1526: First Battle of Panipat: Central Asian conqueror Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, establishing the Mughal Empire in India

1792: Brazilian revolutionary Tiradentes, is hanged, drawn and quartered in Rio de Janeiro

1863: Bahá’u’lláh, founder of the Bahá’í Faith, enters the garden of Rivden near Baghdad. He makes his declaration as a Messenger of God during the 12 days he spends there.

1918: German World War I fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen aka “The Red Baron”, is shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France. Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown is credited with the kill.

1989: Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom

Source: Onthisday.com