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Events
- 1603 - James VI of Scotland also becomes James I King of England.
- 1765 - American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the 13 American colonies to house British troops.
- 1832 - In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr..
- 1837 - Canada gives African men the right to vote.
- 1868 - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is formed.
- 1878 - The UK frigate Eurydice sinks, killing 300.
- 1882 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis).
- 1898 - Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania becomes the first person to buy an American-built automobile when he buys a Winton automobile that was advertised in Scientific American.
- 1900 - New York City Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- 1923 - Greece becomes a republic.
- 1934 - U.S. Congress passes Tydings-McDuffie Act.
- 1944 - In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.
- 1959 - The Party of the African Federation (PFA) is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
- 1965 - NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash-landing.
- 1972 - The United Kingdom imposes "Direct Rule" over Northern Ireland.
- 1973 - Kenyan track runner Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, sanctioned by the International Track Association.
- 1973 - Rock band Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon
- 1976 - Argentina's military forces depose president Isabel Perón and start the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional.
- 1980 - Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed by right-wing terrorists while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
- 1989 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaska's Prince William Sound the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m³) of petroleum after running aground.
- 1990 - Bob Hawke and the ALP defeats Andrew Peacock and the Liberal Party of Australia in his final election as Prime Minister of Australia.
- 1998 - Jonesboro massacre: In Jonesboro, Arkansas, two boys (aged 11 and 13 years) fire upon students at Westside Middle School; four students and one teacher are killed and 10 injured.
- 1999 - Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
- 2003 - The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
- 2005 - The Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) is released in North America.
- 2006 - Long-term protests in Belarus are broken by police. More than 400 detained.
- 2006 - Pope Benedict XVI adds 15 men to the College of Cardinals, in the first consistory of his Pontificate.
Births
- 1490 - Georg Agricola, German scientist (d. 1555)
- 1607 - Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (d. 1667)
- 1657 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)
- 1693 - John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)
- 1725 - Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)
- 1725 - Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (d. 1788)
- 1782 - Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (d. 1836)
- 1796 - John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (d. 1878)
- 1820 - A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891)
- 1830 - Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (d. 1889)
- 1834 - William Morris, English writer and designer (d. 1896)
- 1834 - John Wesley Powell, American explorer and environmentalist (d. 1902)
- 1835 - Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist, mathematician, and poet (d. 1893)
- 1855 - Andrew Mellon, American financier (d. 1937)
- 1855 - Olive Schreiner, South African writer (d. 1920)
- 1874 - Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (d. 1926)
- 1884 - Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)
- 1886 - Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958)
- 1887 - Fatty Arbuckle, American actor (d. 1933)
- 1888 - Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (d. 1922)
- 1889 - Albert Hill, British athlete (d. 1969)
- 1893 - Walter Baade, German astronomer (d. 1960)
- 1897 - Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-born psychotherapist (d. 1957)
- 1901 - Ub Iwerks, American cartoonist (d. 1971)
- 1902 - Thomas Dewey, American politician (d. 1971)
- 1903 - Adolf Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1906 - Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet singer (d. 1984)
- 1909 - Clyde Barrow, notorious bank robber (d. 1934)
- 1910 - Richard Conte, American actor (d. 1975)
- 1911 - Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist
- 1915 - Gorgeous George, American professional wrestler (d. 1963)
- 1916 - Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American novelist
- 1917 - John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1997)
- 1919 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American author and publisher
- 1919 - Robert Heilbroner, American economist (d. 2005)
- 1923 - Murray Hamilton, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1924 - Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1926 - Dario Fo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927 - Martin Walser, German author
- 1928 - Byron Janis, American pianist
- 1930 - David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003)
- 1930 - Steve McQueen, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1980)
- 1935 - Peter Bichsel, Swiss writer
- 1936 - David Suzuki, Canadian environmentalist
- 1938 - Holger Czukay, German musician (Can)
- 1938 - David Irving, British historian
- 1944 - R. Lee Ermey, American actor
- 1944 - Vojislav Koštunica, Serbian Prime Minister
- 1945 - Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist
- 1945 - Curtis Hanson, American film director
- 1951 - Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer
- 1953 - Louie Anderson, American comedian
- 1953 - Alfred Molina, British actor
- 1954 - Robert Carradine, American actor
- 1954 - Donna Pescow, American actress
- 1960 - Kelly LeBrock, American actress
- 1960 - Nena, German singer
- 1962 - Star Jones Reynolds, American television personality
- 1964 - Annabella Sciorra, American actress
- 1965 - The Undertaker, American professional wrestler
- 1970 - Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress
- 1970 - Sharon Corr, Irish musician (The Corrs)
- 1973 - Jacek Bąk, Polish footballer
- 1974 - Chad Butler, American drummer (Switchfoot)
- 1974 - Alyson Hannigan, American actress
- 1975 - Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player
- 1976 - Aaron Brooks, American football player
- 1976 - Peyton Manning, American football player
- 1976 - Aliou Cissé, Senegalese footballer
- 1979 - Graeme Swann, English Cricket player
- 1981 - Patrick Kisnorbo, Australian footballer
- 1984 - Chris Bosh, American basketball player
- 1985 - Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and model
- 1988 - Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean Legspinner
- 1990 - Keisha Castle-Hughes, New Zealand-born child actress
Deaths
- 809 - Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph (b. 763)
- 1284 - King Hugh III of Cyprus
- 1361 - Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, English soldier and diplomat
- 1381 - Catherine of Sweden, Swedish saint
- 1455 - Pope Nicholas V (b. 1397)
- 1563 - Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514)
- 1575 - Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488)
- 1603 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. 1533)
- 1653 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (b. 1587)
- 1773 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (b. 1694)
- 1776 - John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)
- 1869 - Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779)
- 1881 - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (b. 1817)
- 1882 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American author (b. 1807)
- 1887 - Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837)
- 1905 - Jules Verne, French author (b. 1828)
- 1909 - John Millington Synge, Irish playwright (b. 1871)
- 1915 - Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846)
- 1916 - Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (drowned) (b. 1867)
- 1944 - Orde Wingate, British soldier (b. 1903)
- 1946 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
- 1950 - James Rudolph Garfield, American politician (b. 1865)
- 1953 - Mary of Teck, queen consort to George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
- 1962 - Jean Goldkette, Greek-born musician (b. 1899)
- 1962 - Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
- 1972 - Cristobal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (b. 1895)
- 1976 - Bernard Montgomery, British field marshal (b. 1887)
- 1980 - Óscar Romero, Archbishop of El Salvador (b. 1917)
- 1984 - Sam Jaffe, American actor (b. 1891)
- 1990 - Ray Goulding, American comedian (b. 1922)
- 1990 - An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (b. 1920)
- 1991 - Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor General of Australia (b. 1914)
- 1993 - John Hersey, American author (b. 1914)
- 1999 - Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (b. 1902)
- 1999 - Birdie Tebbetts, baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
- 2002 - César Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Hans Hermann Groër, Austrian Catholic archbishop (b. 1919)
Holidays and observances
- Ancient Latvia - Kazimiras Diena observed.
- World Tuberculosis Day.
Liturgical feasts
- Saint Simeon (died 1475)
- Saint Catharine of Sweden ((died 1381)
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