Today, way back in time
| 1997 - Sister Nirmala succeeds Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity in India. |
| 1921 - The Mongolia Revolutionary Provisional Government is formed in the Soviet Union. |
| 1865 - The Confederate States of America, during the civil war, reluctantly agree to the use African American troops. |
| 1781 - William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. |
| 0483 - Felix III becomes Pope. |
