1894 - Andres Bonifacio, leader of the secret Philippine revolutionary society Katipunan (KKK), declares that the organization's administrative judges should strictly adhere to and implement regulations in the bid to enlarge KKK membership.
1667 - The Treaty of Andrusovo is signed between Poland and Russia, ending the war between the two countries; Right-Bank Ukraine is returned to Poland, which, in turn, cedes most of the Left-Bank occupied by the Cossacks, to Russia.
1902 - Japan and Great Britain sign an important accord, marking an era of improved cooperation in naval commitments and other matters; the Japanese sees the alliance as a way of asserting regional status and modernizing their country while the treaty allows the powerful British navy to concentrate in Europe and its naval arms race with Germany.
1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, pacifist leader of India's independence movement, is assassinated by a Hindu fanatic; honored with the appellation Mahatma, meaning "the great soul," his civil disobedience methods will influence Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders around the globe.
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