French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution." (See 9 Thermidor.),
The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying Parliament and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime MinisterA. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet, as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.,
