Mt. Sinabung erupting in Jakarta, Indonesia
- 30 B.C. – Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, took her life following the defeat of her forces against Octavian
- 1797 – “Frankenstein” author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in London
- 1862 – Battle of Richmond, KY
- 1918 – Vladimir I. Lenin was shot
- 1966 – China agrees to provide aid to North Vietnam
- 1983 – Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first African-American astronaut to travel in space
- 2010 – Mount Sinabung in Jakarta, Indonesia erupted, killing 2 and displacing more than 30,000
