1526 First Battle of Panipat: Central Asian conqueror Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, establishing the Mughal Empire in India 1792 Brazilian revolutionary Tiradentes, is hanged, drawn and quartered in Rio de Janeiro 1863 Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, enters garden of Rivden near Baghdad. He makes his declaration as a Messenger of God during the 12 days spent there 1918 World War I: German fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen "The Red Baron", shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France, Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown credited with the kill 1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom |
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