Elizabeth I , "Darnley Portrait", c. 1575
- 1533 – England’s Queen Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich
- 1776 – World’s first submarine attack took place in New York Harbor
- 1822 – Brazil declared its independence from Portugal
- 1986 – Bishop Desmond Tutu becomes the archbishop of Cape Town, S. Africa
- 1996 – Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot
- 2008 – Troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in government conservatorship
- 2010 – France held general strike over retirement reforms
