1813 – Russian troops fighting Napoleon Bonaparte’s army reach Berlin, the French withdraw without a fight.
1880 – First photograph published in newspapers.
1914 – Four-month-old conjoined twins successfully separated after surgery in France.
1992 – French President François Mitterrand calls for the establishment of a Palestinian State before the Israeli Knesset.
Born today:
1974 – Argentinian footballer Ariel Ortega.
Passes away:
1888 – American philosopher Amos Bronson Alcott.