★★★★★
Johnson South Reef skirmish
Chinese and Vietnamese naval forces clash at Johnson South Reef in the Spratly Islands; about 64 Vietnamese sailors are killed.
War· Vietnam, China
- 1988
- 1883★★★★★
Death of Karl Marx
Karl Marx dies in London, where he had lived in exile and written Das Kapital.
Death· United Kingdom, Germany - 1879★★★★★
Birth of Albert Einstein
The physicist Albert Einstein, author of the theory of relativity, is born in Ulm, Germany.
BirthScience· Germany