1850 - A Papal bull is issued, establishing the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England
1951 - USSR performs a nuclear test
1975 - OPEC announces a 15% increase in government revenue per barrel
2019 - Nancy Pelosi announces a formal impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump, arguing that he tried to enlist a foreign power for his own political gain
2024 - Former US retail giant Kmart confirms it is closing its last full-scale store in mainland US in Bridgehampton, New York

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1801 - Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist and mathematician, born in Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1862)
1833 - Henry Alanson Barnum, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Jamesville, New York (d. 1892)
1912 - Donald "Don" Porter, American actor (Gidget, The Ann Sothern Show), born in Miami, Oklahoma (d. 1997)
1939 - Sonny Turner, American singer (The Platters, 1959-70 - "With This Ring", The Metrotones), born in Fairmont, West Virginia (d. 2022)