1957 – Rome Agreement for the establishment of a common European market is signed.
1969 – Demonstrations force Pakistani President Mohammad Ayub Khan to step down.
1975 – Saudi King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud assassinated.
1989 – First successful heart and pancreas transplantation surgery made in the USA.
2002 – Earthquake hits Afghanistan, living hundreds dead.
Born today;
1800- Lebanese poet Nassif al-Yazigi.
Passes away:
1914 – Frédéric Mistral, a French poet and playwright and a Nobel laureate.
Occasions:
Greece independence day.