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Here are some interesting events that occurred on this day in history:

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• 1071: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert, leading to the capture of the Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes.

Other notable events

• 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from the port of Palos, Spain, on his first voyage to the Americas.
• 1862: The Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, takes place in Maryland during the American Civil War.
• 1928: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, accompanying pilot Wilmer Stultz on a flight from Newfoundland to Ireland.
• 1969: The first episode of the popular TV show "Sesame Street" airs on the National Educational Television network (now PBS).
• 1989: The Soviet Union withdraws its troops from Afghanistan, ending a nine-year occupation.

Birthdays

• 1077: Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan (d. 1156)
• 1867: Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor and engineer (d. 1937)
• 1887: Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter and singer (d. 1971)
• 1926: James Watson, American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate
• 1955: Steve Carell, American actor and comedian

Deaths

• 1071: Romanos IV Diogenes, Byzantine Emperor
• 1929: Marie Curie, Polish-born physicist and chemist (b. 1867)
• 1984: Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (b. 1911)
• 2004: Ray Charles, American musician and singer (b. 1930)

I hope you find these events interesting!