Hurricane Earl
- 1775 β King George refused Olive Branch Petition
- 1905 – Alberta and Saskatchewan became the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada
- 1939 β Germany invaded Poland
- 1969 β Quaddafi leads coup in Libya
- 1983 β Korean Airlines flight shot down by the Soviet Union
- 2004 β Chechen separatists storm Russian school
- 2010 β U.S. officials order mandatory evacuations as Earl approaches
