- 1896 – Glasgow Subway (pictured), the third oldest below-ground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro, began operations in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1911 – Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole.
- 1918 – The German Empire's defeat in World War I, and the stated fact that none of the Allies would ever accept a German-born prince as the King of Finland, led Frederick Charles to renounce the throne.
- 1962 – NASA's Mariner 2 became the world's first spacecraft to successfully fly by Venus.
- 1995 – The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris, France to end the Bosnian War.
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- 1896 – Glasgow Subway (pictured), the third oldest below-ground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro, began operations in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1911 – Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole.
- 1918 – The German Empire's defeat in World War I, and the stated fact that none of the Allies would ever accept a German-born prince as the King of Finland, led Frederick Charles to renounce the throne.
- 1962 – NASA's Mariner 2 became the world's first spacecraft to successfully fly by Venus.
- 1995 – The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris, France to end the Bosnian War.
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