1. 23 AD - Wang Mang, the leader of the "New Mang regime" in the Western Han Dynasty, is assassinated
2. 1767 AD - President of the Republic of Haiti Henri Christophe was born
3. 1773 AD - King Louis Philippe of France is born
4. 1860 AD - Anglo-French forces occupy the Yuanmingyuan
5. 1887 AD - Kirby, one of the modern architects, was born
6. 1902 AD - Liu Kunyi, Governor of Liangjiang and Minister of Trade and Commerce of Nanyang, dies
7. 1912 AD - Death of Belgian politician August Bernat
8. 1928 AD - Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China
9. 1930 AD - Syrian politician Hafez Al-Assad was born
10. 1937 AD - Mario Capez, Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine, is born
11. 1949 A.D. - China establishes diplomatic relations with Hungary
12. 1973 A.D. - The Fourth Middle East War breaks out
13. 1981 AD - Death of former Egyptian President Mohammed Anwar Sadat
14. 1987 AD - The Largest Library in Asia, the National Library of China, opened
15. 2008 AD - Chongqing local comedian Pang Zuyun unfortunately passed away