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Facts
1340 Battle of Rio Salado Battle (or Tarifa): King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile defeat Sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of Morocco and Yusuf I of Granada, last Marīnids invasion of Iberian Peninsula
1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Church in England - a role formerly held by the Pope
1899 Battle of Ladysmith, Natal: Boers defeat the British, leading to the Siege of Ladysmith
1905 "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties and accepts the first Duma (Parliament)
1917 British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration
1973 The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time
1974 The Rumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire
Deaths
1522 Jean Mouton, French composer
1611 Karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies
1809 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1783, 1807-09), dies at 71
1894 Honoré Mercier, politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
1923 Andrew Bonar Law, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1922-23), dies of throat cancer at 64
1979 Sir Barnes Wallis, British scientist, engineer and inventor (b. 1887)
2000 Steve Allen, American comedian and TV host (Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show), dies of a heart attack at 78
2007 Robert Goulet, American singer and actor, dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 73
Born on this day
1960 Diego Maradona, Argentine football star (World Cup-hand of god), born in Lanús, Buenos Aires
Sir Barnes Wallis
William Cavendish-Bentinck