1381
- During the Peasants' Revolt in England, rebels arrive in London and set fire to the Savoy Palace.
1850
- The American League of Colored Laborers is founded with Samuel Ringgold Ward as its president.
1943
- Kočo Racin, a Macedonian poet, communist, partisan and writer, is shot to death under mysterious circumstances.
1943
- Communist partisan leader Sava Kovačević dies in battle against Nazi Germany.
1971
- The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers after they are leaked to them by Daniel Ellsberg.
1980
- Guyanese Marxist historian Walter Rodney is murdered, likely by the government of Guyana.