On this day in 1652, around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebelled against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
On this day in 1936, the last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, died alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
On this day in 1999, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocked Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.