Event :
* 1770 - James Cook's expedition arrived on the east coast of Australia.
* 1945 - In Jakarta, Japan openly declared surrender. Japanese troops later disarmed by the army and Heiho Map.
* 1996 - Krisdayanti married Anang Hermansyah.
* 2006 - Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashed near the Russian-Ukrainian border; 160 passengers and 10 crew members were killed.
Birth :
* 1760 - Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
* 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, China's revolutionary leader (d. 1997)
* 1942 - Bomer Pasaribu, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration in the first half of the administration of Abdurrahman Wahid.
* 1948 - Lilis Syriac, a popular Indonesian singer-1960s.
Died :
* 1801 - Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in Batavia between the years 1796 to 1801. At that time he was in office. (B. 1755)
* 1978 - Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president (b. 1892?)
