1901 - Britain and Italy agree a frontier between Eritrea and the Sudan.
1902 - New Zealand's Progressive Party wins the general election for the fifth consecutive time.
1906 - President Theodore Roosevelt has returned to Washington from Central America, having made history by being the first US President to travel abroad while in office. His 17 day trip aboard the battleship Louisiana took him to Puerto Rico and then on to Panama to see for himself the building work on the canal he did so much to promote - or" to see how the ditch is getting on", as he put it. The cab of a 95 ton steam shovel made an excellent vantage point for the President as he viewed the awe-inspiring work of engineering, which will reduce the voyage between the Atlantic and Pacific by around 7,000 miles (11,200 km), It's a good time for Mr Roosevelt - next month he is to go to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded for his mediation between Russia and Japan to end their armed conflict.
1922 - Archaeologist Howard Carter and his sponsor the Earl of Caernavon make a hole in the door of Tutankhamun's tomb ans are able to distinguish the contents by candlelight
1928 - .Th first twins to be born in Britain by Caesarean section are delivered in Manchester.
1942 - Soviet troops encircle a quarter of a million German troops at Stalingrad, relieving the siege and routing General von Paulus's Sixth Army.
1956 - American bandleader Tommy Dorsey chokes to death in his sleep at the age of 51.
1990 - President Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore resigns after 26 years in office.
