1922 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk takes Constantinople from Mehmed VI, proclaiming the Republic of Turkey and bringing an end to the Ottoman Empire
1938 - German colonel-general Gerd von Runstedt retires
1941 - Yugoslav nationalist force the Chetniks attacks Tito's partisans in Uzice, Yugoslavia
1947 - First Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii
1996 - Shaquille O'Neil makes his Hollywood debut as Los Angeles Lakers beat Phoenix Suns, 96-82 at the Forum, Inglewood; O'Neil scores 23 points and pulls down 14 rebounds in 35 minutes

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1961 - Petr Pavel, Czech military officer and politician (Czech Republic President, 2023- ), born in Planá, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Rebublic)