1795 British capture Capetown, South Africa, from the Dutch
1810 Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, calling for the end of Spanish rule (Mexican Independence Day)
1848 Slavery abolished in all French territories
1906 Douglas Mawson, Edgeworth David and Alistair Mackay claim to have discovered the Magnetic South Pole in Antarctica
1978 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar, Iran
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