1205 - Pope Innocent III fires Adolf I as archbishop of Cologne

1913 - South Africa implements the Natives Land Act

1936 - Louis IV [Louis of Overseas], crowned King of France

1947 - Salman Rushdie was born

1949 - Syed Zafarul Hasan died 

1964 - The U.S. Senate passes the Civil Rights Act of 1964

1966 - Political party Shiv Sena was founded in Mumbai

1987 - An ETA car bomb kills 21 in Barcelona

1978 - Garfield, the lazy cat makes his debut

2002 - Steve Fossett takes off on his record-breaking balloon flight