The Second Seminole War, which lasted nearly 7 years, was declared over by US Army Colonel Worth.
A crowd of about 10,000 to 20,000 gathered in Kentucky to watch the last-ever public hanging in the United States.
Pakistan achieved independence from Great Britain. The nation's sovereignty marked a historic occasion after years of British colonial rule.
British Army was deployed on Northern Ireland's streets, marking Operation Banner's beginning.
In August 1980, 17,000 workers at the Lenin Shipyard in Poland went on strike, sparking the Solidarity movement for workers' rights.
Actor Shammi Kapoor known as the ‘Elvis Presley of India’ (Amaran, Brahmachari, Vidhaata), dies of chronic renal failure at 79.