Guinea-Bissau independence:
Guinea-Bissau declared its independence from Portugal. The declaration was recognized almost a year later on September 10, 1974.
Camp Nou opens
A stadium that seats over 99,000 opens its doors for football fans
Situated in Barcelona, Spain, it is the largest stadium in Europe and the 11th largest in the world.
Honda Motor Company is founded
The automobile manufacturer is also the world’s largest producer of motorcycles. The company is founded by Soichiro Honda.
Black Friday in the United States:
A group of speculators headed by James Fisk and Jay Gould started hoarding gold, which led to high gold prices. The US Treasury under the orders of President Ulysses S. Grant sold a large amount of gold leading to a plummet in gold prices within the span of minutes
- 1981 Ryan Briscoe
Australian race car driver
- 1936 Jim Henson
American puppeteer, director, producer, founded The Company
- 1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald
American author
- 1755 John Marshall
American jurist, 4th Chief Justice of the United States
- 1991 Dr. Seuss
American author, poet, illustrator
- 1834 Pedro I of Brazil
- 1621 Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
Polish military commander
- 1435 Isabeau of Bavaria
- 1180 Manuel I Komnenos
Byzantine Emperor
