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- 0217 Death - Caracalla [Marcus Aurelius Antoniius] Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29
- 0217 Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
- 1093 The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
- 1139 Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
- 1143 Death - John II Comnenus Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident
- 1149 Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
- 1271 In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
- 1364 Death - Jan II the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
- 1460 Birth - Ponce de Len San Tervas de Campos Spain, Spanish conqueror/explorer, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida
- 1492 Death - Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico" ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies
- 1498 Death - Charles VIII King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27
- 1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de Len declares Florida a territory of Spain .
- 1533 Birth - Claudio Merulo organist/composer
- 1537 Death - Willem Aerts Flemish architect, dies
- 1582 Birth - Phienas Fletcher poet
- 1605 Birth - Louis de Vadder Flemish painter
- 1605 Birth - Philip IV king of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)
- 1614 Birth - El Greco [Domenikos Theotokopoulos] Irklion Crete Greece, painter (View of Toledo)
- 1629 Death - Willem Teellinck Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50
- 1631 Birth - Cornelis de Heem painter
- 1642 Birth - Gerard Callenbach Dutch Admiral
- 1655 Birth - Louis Willem I Margrave (Baden-Baden)
- 1692 Birth - Giuseppe Tartini Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)
- 1695 Birth - Johann C Gnther writer
- 1697 Birth - Pierre Prowo composer
- 1697 Death - Niels Juel Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjgebocht), dies at 67
- 1708 Birth - Georg Zarth composer
- 1726 Birth - Lewis Morris Bronx NY, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)
- 1730 Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
- 1731 Birth - William Williams Lebanon CT, US merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
- 1736 Death - Pedro Vaz Rego composer, dies at 63
- 1741 Birth - Jos B da Gama Portuguese poet (O Uraguai)
- 1756 Birth - Joseph Gehot composer
- 1759 Death - Franois de La Croix composer, dies at 76
- 1767 Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders.
- 1775 Birth - Adam A earl von Neipperg Austrian General/Napoleon's wife Marie lover
- 1776 Birth - Thaddaus Weigl composer
- 1778 Death - Pieter Teyler van der Hulst Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76
- 1783 Birth - John Claudius London England, horticulturist
- 1794 Death - Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat mathematician dies
- 1798 Birth - Dionysios Solomos poet
- 1816 Birth - Frederick William Burton painter
- 1818 Birth - Christaan IX king of Denmark (1863-1906)
- 1820 The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
- 1828 Birth - George Baird Hodge Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
- 1831 Birth - Allard Pierson Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet
- 1832 Birth - Alfred von Waldersee Prussian fieldmarshal
- 1832 Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
- 1838 Visitor posting - Brunel's 'Great Western' began scheduled transatlantic service; Bristol - Boston. - United Kingdom
- 1843 Birth - Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], composer
- 1844 Death - Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer, dies at 72
- 1848 Battle of Goito, part of the Italian Wars of Independence
- 1848 Death - Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti Italian composer, dies at 50
- 1850 Birth - William Henry Welch US, pathologist, founded John Hopkins
- 1851 Death - John Parry composer, dies at 75
- 1853 Death - Jan W Pieneman historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73
- 1858 Death - Anton Diabelli Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76
- 1859 Birth - Edmund Husserl Germany, philosopher (founded Phenomenology)
- 1861 Death - Elisha G Otis US elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50
- 1863 Death - Joseph Netherclift composer, dies at 70
- 1865 Death - John Park composer, dies at 61
- 1866 Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.
- 1867 The first World's Fair is inaugurated in Paris.
- 1869 Birth - Harvey Cushing US, neurosurgeon (blood pressure studies)
- 1870 Death - Charles-Auguste de Beriot Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68
- 1871 Death - Charles-Louis Hanssens composer, dies at 68
- 1873 Alfred Paraf of New York City patented the first successful oleomargarine.
- 1875 Birth - Albert I von Saksen-Coburg king of Belgium (1909-34)
- 1878 Birth - Rudolf Nelson composer
- 1880 Birth - Victor Schertzinger composer/director (Uptown NY)
- 1881 Birth - Fernand Lamy composer
- 1885 Birth - Dimitrios Levidis composer
- 1886 Birth - Margaret A Barnes writer
- 1886 William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
- 1887 Birth - Walter Connolly Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)
- 1889 Birth - Sir Adrian Boult Chester England, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
- 1889 Death - Henry Jupp cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for England in 1877), dies
- 1890 Death - Junius Morgan philanthropist, dies at 76
- 1892 Birth - Richard J Neutra Austrian/US architect (Who Built America?)
- 1893 Birth - Grace Cunard Columbus OH, silent screen actress (Resurrection)
- 1893 Birth - Henri Puvrez Belgian sculptor (Sereniteit)
- 1893 Birth - Mary Pickford [Gladys Louise Smith] Toronto Ontario Canada, actress (Poor Little Rich Girl, Daddy Long Legs)
- 1893 The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
- 1894 Death - Bankim C Chattopadhyaya writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55
- 1895 Birth - Bert I[ra] Gordon Kenosha WI, diector/producer (Empire of the Ants, Magic Sword, Amazing Colossal Man)
- 1895 Birth - Sigurdur Thordarson composer
- 1895 The United States Supreme Court declares income tax to be unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
- 1896 Birth - Karl Hermann Pillney composer
- 1897 Birth - Herbert Eimert German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel)
- 1897 Death - George Garrett composer, dies at 62
- 1897 Death - Heinrich von Stephan UK politician, dies
- 1898 Birth - Achiel H Acker Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58)
- 1898 Birth - Cecil [Maurice] Bowra British classics expert (Greek experience)
- 1898 Birth - E Y "Yip" Harburg [Isidore Hochberg], lyricist/librettist
- 1899 Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair.
- 1902 Birth - Arthur Wellard cricketer (big hitting Somerset & England batsman)
- 1902 Birth - Josef Krips Vienna Austria, conductor (London Symphony 1954-63)
- 1902 Death - Sipyagain Russian minister of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated
- 1903 Birth - Ilka Chase New York NY, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien)
- 1904 Birth - John Antill composer
- 1904 Birth - John R Hicks British economist (Nobel 1972)
- 1904 British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law.
- 1904 Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
- 1904 The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- 1905 Birth - George Baxter Paris France, actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged)
- 1905 Birth - Hans Scherfig Danish marxist/writer (Idealister, Frydenholm)
- 1905 Birth - Helen B M Fennell Joseph anti-apartheid writer (Side by Side)
- 1905 Birth - Pierre Wigny Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61) [or 4/18]
- 1906 Birth - Charles J B Jonckheere Flemish poet/writer (Mirror of the Sea)
- 1907 Birth - Maurice Stacey chemist
- 1908 Birth - Neil Lawson British high court judge
- 1909 Birth - George Dixon trumpet/sax
- 1909 Birth - Olavi Pesonen composer
- 1909 Birth - William James Millar Mackenzie political scientist
- 1910 Birth - George Musso NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
- 1910 Birth - Wendell Bill cricketer (New South Wales bat 1929-36 Century on debut 1930)
- 1911 Birth - Douglas Hyde socialist/Christian
- 1911 Birth - Melvin Calvin US chemist (photosynthesis, Nobel 1961)
- 1911 Birth - mile Michel Cioran Romania, writer (The Trouble With Being Born, Anathemas and Admirations)
- 1912 Birth - Josef Gabck Czechoslovakia, resistance fighter (attacked Heydrich)
- 1912 Birth - Sonja Henie Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympics-gold-1928,32,36)
- 1913 Birth - H Ernst bishop (Breda Netherlands)
- 1913 The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
- 1914 Birth - John Cameron cricketer (brother of Jimmy, West Indies vice-captain 1939 England tour)
- 1914 Death - Jakub Arbes Czechoslovakia, author (Andl Miru), dies at 73
- 1916 Australian soldiers take up positions on the Western Front at Armentières, France
- 1916 In Corona, California, car racer Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators.
- 1918 Establishment of the Repatriation Department
- 1918 World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York, New York's financial district.
- 1919 Birth - [Douglas] Ian Smith premier of Rhodesia (1964-..)
- 1919 Death - Roland baron Etvs Hungarian physicist, dies at 70
- 1920 Birth - Carmen [Mercedes] McRae New York NY, US jazz singer/pianist (Downbeat's New Star of 1954)
- 1920 Birth - Erik Pausin Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
- 1920 Death - Charles Tomlinson Griffes US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35
- 1921 Birth - Alfie Bass London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served)
- 1921 Birth - Betty [Bloomer] Ford 1st lady (1975-76)/namesake for Betty Ford Clinic
- 1921 Birth - Jan Novak composer
- 1921 Birth - Virginia O'Brien Los Angeles CA, actress/singer (Gus, Ziegfeld Follies, Thousands Cheer)
- 1921 Death - Earnest von Possart German actor/stage manager, dies
- 1923 Birth - Edward Mulhare Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir)
- 1923 Birth - Franco Corelli Ancona Italy, tenor (Don Jos-Carmen)
- 1925 Birth - Shecky Greene Chicago IL, comedian/actor (Love Machine, Combat)
- 1925 First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1
- 1928 Birth - Eric Porter London England, actor (Antony & Cleopatra, 39 Steps)
- 1928 Birth - John Gavin Los Angeles CA, actor (Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale)
- 1928 Birth - Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus CEO (NVSH)
- 1928 Birth - Monty Sunshine jazz bandleader (Gotta Travel On)
- 1929 Visitor posting - Sahid Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw bomb and handouts in Central Assembly and shout slogan " INQLAB ZINDABAD" to court arrest. - India [email protected]
- 1929 Birth - Jacques Brel Brussels Belgium, songwriter/singer/actor (Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Pain in the A__)
- 1929 Birth - Renzo de Felice historian
- 1929 Visitor posting - Born - Madlyn Wright; who touched lives forever - USA [email protected]
- 1929 Birth - Walter Berry Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig
- 1929 Birth - William K Everson film historian
- 1929 Indian Independence Movement: At Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts, and bombs to court arrest.
- 1930 Birth - Dorothy Tutin London England, actress (Importance of Being Earnest, Cromwell)
- 1930 Birth - John Bartholomew Tucker Pennsylvania, TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island)
- 1930 Birth - John Reardon New York NY, baritone (Falke-Die Fledermaus)
- 1930 Birth - Julien Van Remoortere [Piet Mortelman], Flemish writer (Fist)
- 1930 Birth - Mary Moore principal (St Hilda's College, Oxford)
- 1931 Death - Eric Axel Karlfeldt poet, dies
- 1932 Birth - John Gavin Los Angeles CA, actor (Felony, Jennifer, House of Shadows)
- 1933 Birth - Fred Ebb lyricist (Cabaret)
- 1933 Birth - Jaroslav Smolka composer
- 1935 Birth - Albert G Bustamante (Representative-Democrat-TX, 1985- )
- 1935 Birth - Donald Thompsett cricket umpire
- 1935 Birth - Elizabeth Barrett-Connor epidemiologist (Living legacy award-1984)
- 1935 Death - Edwin Cannan economist, dies
- 1935 The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
- 1936 Birth - Klaus Lowitsch Berlin, actor (Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun)
- 1937 Birth - Ronald Anthony "Tony" Clegg property trader
- 1937 Birth - Seymour Hersh award winning investigative reporter (New York Times)
- 1937 Death - Arthur William Foote US organist/composer, dies at 84
- 1937 Death - William Henry Hadow composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77
- 1938 Birth - Barton Keith McLean composer
- 1938 Birth - Lory Patrick Beckley WV, actress (Trina-Tales of Wells Fargo)
- 1938 Birth - Mohammad Farooq cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 7 Tests 1960-65)
- 1938 Death - Harold Baumgartner cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies
- 1940 Birth - John Havlicek Martin's Ferry OH, NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtics)
- 1940 HMS GLOWWORM (Lt Cdr Gerard Roope+, awarded VC), sunk , NW of Trondheim in Norwegian Sea by German 8in-gunned heavy cruiser 'Admiral Hipper'. Detached from screen for British minelaying operations to search for man overboard at time of German invasion of Norway; 40 survivors. 'Hipper' damaged when rammed by 'Glowworm'
- 1940 World War II: Great Britain and France announce that they have mined Norwegian territorial waters to prevent their use by German supply ships.
- 1941 Birth - Peggy Lennon Los Angeles CA, singer (Lennon Sisters)
- 1941 Death - Eugne-Marcel Prvost novelist, dies
- 1941 Earle Graser, the eight-year voice of the radio program, "The Lone Ranger", died in an auto accident.
- 1942 Birth - Douglas Trumbull director (Silent Running, Brainstorm)
- 1942 Birth - Eduard Visser Dutch writer (Fyffes are now called Chiquita)
- 1942 Death - Alfred Mombert writer, dies
- 1942 World War II: Siege of Leningrad - Soviet Union forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
- 1942 World War II: the Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
- 1943 Birth - Carol Lavell Fairfax VT, equestrian dressage (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
- 1943 Birth - J P Kavanaugh racehorse trainer
- 1943 Birth - Michael Bennett aids victim/choreographer (A Chorus Line)
- 1943 Birth - Robby Weaver actor (Stone)
- 1943 Birth - Tony Banks English politician (Labour Party)
- 1943 Birth - William Garth Morrison Chief scout
- 1943 Death - Paul Colin Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed
- 1943 Death - Richard Sears 1st to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at 81
- 1943 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to common carriers and public utilities.
- 1944 Birth - Anthony Farrar Hockley military historian
- 1944 Birth - Christoph Hein Heinzendorf Silesia (now in Poland), writer
- 1944 Birth - Hywel Bennett South Wales, actor (Family Way, Shelley)
- 1944 Birth - Roger Chapman Leicester Leicestershire England, rock vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment)
- 1944 Birth - Santiago Jimenez Jr US accordionist (El Mero Mero, Viva Seguin)
- 1945 Birth - Ian White Member of European Parliament for Bristol
- 1946 Birth - Jim "Catfish" Hunter major-league pitcher (A's, Yankees)
- 1946 Birth - Stuart Pankin Philadelphia PA, comedian (Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs)
- 1946 The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.
- 1947 Birth - Cindy Pickett Norman OK, actress (Guiding Light, St Elsewhere)
- 1947 Birth - Gerald McRaney Collins MS, actor (Rick-Simon & Simon, Major Dad)
- 1947 Birth - Hsiao-hsien Hou director (Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, Puppetmaster)
- 1947 Birth - Peter Banks England, guitarist (Yes)
- 1947 Birth - Steve Howe London England, rock guitarist (Asia, Yes-Roundabout)
- 1947 Birth - Thomas D Delay (Representative-Republican-TX, 1985- )
- 1947 Death - Henry Ford US industrialist (Ford cars), dies
- 1947 The first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.
- 1948 Birth - Richard Alan Litchfield Massachusetts, bank robber (FBI most wanted)
- 1948 Death - Josef B Kjellgren Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40
- 1949 Birth - Jim Lampley Hendersonville NC, newscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
- 1950 Death - Albert Ehrenstein Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63
- 1950 Death - Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London
- 1950 India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
- 1950 Unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR
- 1951 Birth - Mel Schachter rocker (Grand Funk Railroad)
- 1951 First of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test
- 1952 Birth - Adam Woods rock drummer/pianist (Fixx)
- 1952 U.S. President Harry S. Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
- 1953 Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers.
- 1954 Birth - Gary Carter catcher (Montral Expos, New York Mets)
- 1954 Birth - John Schneider Mount Kisco NY, actor (Bo-Dukes of Hazzard)
- 1955 Birth - John Campbell harness racer (3-time winner of Hambletonian)
- 1957 Birth - Michael Spound Santa Monica CA, actor (Dave-Hotel)
- 1957 Death - Frank Chester cricketer (distinguished 1-armed England Test ump), dies
- 1957 The Suez Canal in Egypt is reopened.
- 1959 Birth - Franklyn Stephenson cricketer (great all-rounder)
- 1959 Birth - Martin John Weston Worcester England, cricketer
- 1959 Death - Gustave Charlier Belgian literature historian, dies
- 1960 The U.S. Senate approves a civil rights bill despite Southern senators' marathon filibuster effort.
- 1962 Birth - Izzy Stradlin [Jeff Isabelle] Lafayette IN, guitarist (Guns N' Roses-Welcome to the Jungle)
- 1963 Birth - Alec James Stewart Merton England, cricketer (son of Mickey/opening bat/occasional wicket keeper)
- 1963 Birth - Erica Terwillegar Nelsonville NJ, lugist
- 1963 Birth - Julian Lennon Liverpool England, John's son/singer (Too Late for Goodbyes)/subject of Beatles' "Hey Jude"
- 1963 Birth - Terry Porter NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
- 1963 Death - Len Tuckett cricketer (no runs no wickets in 1 Test for S A), dies
- 1964 Birth - Biz Markie rocker (Meteor Man, Townsend Television)
- 1964 Birth - Valinda Hilleary Littleton CO, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-9th-1993)
- 1965 Death - Erik A Blomberg Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70
- 1965 Death - Jack Durston cricketer (one Test for England, 4-102 & 1-34), dies
- 1965 Death - Lars Hanson Swedish actor (Flesh & Devil), dies after illness at 78
- 1965 Number one hit on UK music charts - Unit Four Plus Two - Concrete & Clay
- 1966 Birth - Robin [Virginia] Wright Penn Dallas TX, actress (Jenny-Forrest Gump, Kelly-Santa Barbara, Princess Bride)
- 1966 Death - George Creten Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79
- 1967 Birth - Kenneth [Kenny] Charlie Griffith Benjamin St John's Antigua, cricketer (West Indies like his namesake)
- 1968 Birth - Don Davey NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1968 Birth - Patricia Arquette New York NY, actress (Ed Wood, Nightmare on Elm Street 3)
- 1968 The Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".
- 1969 Birth - Steve Jackson NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
- 1969 Death - Arthur Walter Kramer composer, dies at 78
- 1969 Death - Denton Cooley got 1st fully artificial heart, dies at 48
- 1970 Birth - Derek D Brown Washington DC, team handball right wing (Olympics-1996)
- 1970 Birth - Gerald Vaughn CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
- 1970 Birth - Harold Bishop NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns)
- 1970 Death - Marie V Felix Prince of Luxemburg, dies
- 1971 Birth - Edward Fryatt Rochdale England, Nike golfer (1994 NCAA West Regional)
- 1971 Birth - Marc Peers Edmonton Alberta, tornado yachter (Olympics-96)
- 1972 Birth - Damon Watts NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1972 Birth - Isaac Davis NFL guard (San Diego Chargers)
- 1972 Birth - Katrina Powell Canberra Australia, field hockey striker (Olympics-96)
- 1973 32 terrorist bombings in Cyprus, Picasso dies
- 1973 Birth - Alex Gonzalez Miami FL, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
- 1973 Birth - Joel Davis guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
- 1973 Birth - Walter Nicholas Henry Tongue Auckland New Zealand, 50 meter/100 meter swimmer (Olympics-96)
- 1973 Death - Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies near Mougins France at 91
- 1974 Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record by collecting his 715th round-tripper.
- 1975 Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
- 1976 Birth - Jim Farnum Honolulu HI, kayak (alternate-Olympics-96)
- 1976 Death - Phil Ochs rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35
- 1977 Death - Frank Milan actor (The Witness), dies at 71
- 1978 Death - Ford C Frick baseball commissioner, dies at 83
- 1978 Number one hit on UK music charts - Brian & Michael - Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs
- 1981 Birth - Rebecca Wilson Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
- 1981 Death - General Omar Bradley last 5-star General, dies in New York at 88
- 1981 Death - Norman Taurog dies
- 1981 Death - Omar Bradley last US 5-star General, (Normandy) dies in New York at 88
- 1984 Birth - Taran Noah Smith San Francisco CA, actor (Mark Taylor-Home Improvement)
- 1985 Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000.
- 1987 Death - Francis C Denebrink US Naval officer (WWI, WWII, Korea) dies at 90
- 1987 Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially-charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
- 1989 South Africa: the Democratic Party is formed from the merger of four parties.
- 1989 The two Greek Communist parties, along with smaller left-wing parties, merge to form the Coalition of the Left and Progress in Greece.
- 1990 Death - Doreen Sloane dies
- 1990 Death - Jose De Vega dies of AIDS at 56
- 1990 Death - Ryan White hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18 - The Ryan White Foundation was founded later in 1991 by Jeanne White and Phil Donahue
- 1990 New Democracy wins the national election in Greece.
- 1992 Death - Nelson Olmstead dies at 78
- 1992 Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
- 1993 Death - Arleen Whelan dies of stroke at 78
- 1993 Death - H Earnest bishop of Breda, dies
- 1993 Death - Marian Anderson US contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96
- 1994 Death - Frank Wells president (Disney), dies in helicopter crash
- 1994 Death - Irene Eisinger singer, dies at 91
- 1994 Death - Walter Arnold German theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64
- 1995 Death - Maurice Allom cricketer (14 Test wickets-New Zealand debut hat-trick), dies
- 1996 Death - Basil Hembry farmer/campaigner, dies at 80
- 1996 Death - Ben Johnson cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77
- 1996 Visitor posting - Vick's other son Quentin Jones was born - USA
- 1996 Death - Charles Donald Adams singer, dies at 67
- 1996 Visitor posting - Grant McDonald was born the son of Michael Vick - USA
- 1997 Death - Laura Nyro singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49
- 1999 Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
- 2000 19 Marines are killed when an Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana, Arizona.
- 2004 Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
- 2004 Visitor posting - Rachael F. was born to Rich & Jeanee F. - USA
- 2004 U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testifies before the 9/11 Commission .
- 2006 Shedden massacre: the bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.
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