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Events

241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
1629 - Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no parliament.
1735 - An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
1762 - French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform
1801 - First census in Great Britain
1804 - Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
1814 - Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
1830 - The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
1831 - The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
1861 - El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Segou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
1864 - American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
1880 - Members of the Salvation Army land in the United States and begin operations.
1891 - Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
1893 - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.
1902 - Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
1902 - A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison didn't invent the movie camera.
1905 - Eleftherios Venizelos asks the independence of Crete and its union with Greece again, starting the Cretan Revolution in Theriso.
1906 - The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
1912 - Yuan Shikai is sworn in as the second Provisional President of the Republic of China.
1917 - Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas.
1922 - Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, although he's released after two years in February 1924 after an operation for appendicitis.
1933 - An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 120 people.
1945 - The Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
1948 - The Indian Union Muslim League is founded, by remnants of the old Muslim League.
1952 - Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
1959 - Tibet leads an unsuccessful uprising against ten years of Chinese occupation in Lhasa. Thousands are massacred by the occupying Chinese army.
1969 - In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He would later retract his guilty plea.
1970 - Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes.
1975 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
1975 - Sanyo Shinkansen open between Osaka and Fukuoka.
1977 - Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
1980 - Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
1982 - The United States places an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support of terrorist groups.
1982 - Syzygy: all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun. See also Jupiter effect.
1987 - The Holy See condemns the practice of surrogate motherhood, along with test-tube babies and artificial insemination.
1990 - In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
1993 - Chris Birt captures Godzilla in the endless voids of the letter 4
2000 - The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
2006 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
2006 - Mass unrest by the PCC started in São Paulo (the biggest city in Brazil) which would eventually kill more than 152 people.

Births

1415 - Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)

1452 - Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)

1503 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)

1536 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1572)

1628 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)

1709 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)

1745 - John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807)

1749 - Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)

1769 - Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist and tunnel builder (d. 1840)

1772 - Friedrich von Schlegel, German aesthetician (d. 1829)

1776 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia (d. 1810)

1787 - William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)

1788 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German writer (d. 1857)

1810 - Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)

1842 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. 1912)

1844 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)

1845 - Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)

1847 - Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)

1850 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)

1880 - Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor (d. 1971)

1887 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Grandmaster of Ninjutsu (d. 1972)

1888 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1961)

1892 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)

1892 - Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)

1899 - Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran, formerly Germany's oldest man. (d. 2007)

1903 - Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (d. 1931)

1905 - Betty Amann, German-American actress. (d. 1990)

1905 - Richard Haydn, English actor (d. 1985)

1915 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist (d. 1978)

1915 - Sir Charles Groves, English conductor(d. 1992)

1918 - Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot

1917 - Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII.

1919 - Marion Hutton, American singer (d. 1987)

1920 - Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)

1920 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (d. 1959)

1923 - Val Logsdon Fitch, Nobel Prize laureate

1925 - Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)

1928 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (d. 1998)

1928 - Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer

1931 - Georges Dor, Quebec author, playwright, singer and songwriter (d. 2001)

1935 - Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer

1936 - Sepp Blatter, Swiss ice hockey and football official

1936 - Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocals and journalist (d. 1989)

1937 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)

1938 - Marina Vlady, French actress

1940 - Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist

1940 - Dean Torrence, American singer (Jan and Dean)

1945 - Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician

1946 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)

1946 - Mike Hollands, Australian animator

1946 - Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver

1947 - Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada

1947 - Paul Condon, Baron Condon, former Commissioner of The Metropolitan Police

1947 - Bob Greene, American journalist

1947 - Tom Scholz, American songwriter and guitarist (Boston)

1948 - Richard Park (broadcaster), British Media Consultant and Broadcaster

1952 - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe politician

1953 - Paul Haggis, Canadian film director

1955 - Youssra, Egyptian actress and singer

1955 - Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver

1956 - Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor; son of Roy Lichtenstein

1957 - Osama bin Laden, Islamic militant

1957 - Matt Knudsen, American actor

1957 - Shannon Tweed, Canadian actress and model

1957 - Jim White, American folk singer-songwriter

1958 - Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1958 - Sharon Stone, American actress

1960 - Anne MacKenzie, journalist and broadcaster

1961 - Laurel Clark, physician and astronaut (d. 2003)

1961 - Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast

1961 - Bobby Petrino, American football coach

1961 - Pam Oliver, American sportscaster

1962 - Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer

1963 - Jeff Ament, American musician (Pearl Jam)

1963 - Rick Rubin, American record producer

1964 - Neneh Cherry, Swedish musician

1964 - Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

1964 - David Faber, American television reporter

1964 - Jasmine Guy, American actress

1965 - Rod Woodson, American football player

1966 - Edie Brickell, American singer

1966 - Gráinne Mulvey, Irish composer

1966 - Mike Timlin, American baseball player

1968 - Felice Arena, Australian children's author

1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler

1968 - Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law academic and Nominated Member of Parliament

1969 - Paget Brewster, American actress

1970 - Matt Barlow, American singer (Iced Earth)

1971 - Steve Arnold, British racing driver

1971 - Jon Hamm, American actor

1971 - Timbaland, American rapper

1972 - Takashi Fujii, Japanese television performer

1972 - Matt Kenseth, American race car driver

1972 - Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greek triple jumper

1973 - Eva Herzigova, Czech model

1973 - Chris Sutton, English footballer

1973 - Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer

1973 - John LeCompt, American guitarist

1974 - Hugo Ferreira, American rock musician

1975 - Lyne Bessette, Quebec professional bicycle racer

1976 - Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese actress, model and singer

1977 - Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer

1977 - Shannon Miller, American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist

1977 - Colin Murray, British radio DJ

1977 - Bree Turner, American dancer and actress

1977 - Matt Rubano, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)

1977 - Robin Thicke, American singer

1978 - Ben Burnley, American musician (Breaking Benjamin)

1981 - Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer

1981 - Efthimios Kouloucheris, Greek footballer

1981 - Steven Reid, English-born footballer

1982 - Timo Glock, German racing car driver

1982 - Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress

1983 - Carrie Underwood, American country singer

1983 - Che'Nelle, Malaysian Australian Singer

1983 - Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)

1983 - Rafe Spall, English Actor

1984 - Ben May, English footballer

1984 - Olivia Wilde, American actress

1985 - Lassana Diarra, French footballer

1985 - Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter

1985 - Kim Leclerc, Canadian politician

1986 - JC de Vera, Filipino Actor

1992 - Emily Osment, American actress and singer

1994 - Nyjah Huston, American Skateboarder

Deaths

1291 - Arghun, Persian ruler

1510 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (b. 1445)

1513 - John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443)

1549 - Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English politician and diplomat

1584 - Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532)

1585 - Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)

1588 - Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (b. 1533)

1669 - John Denham, English poet (b. 1615)

1670 - Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (b. 1604)

1776 - Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)

1776 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)

1792 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)

1832 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (b. 1752)

1861 - Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (b. 1814)

1872 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (b. 1805)

1895 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (b. 1826)

1910 - Karl Lueger, mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)

1910 - Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1824)

1913 - Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist (b. 1820)

1937 - Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (b. 1884)

1940 - Mikhaïl Boulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891)

1942 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

1948 - Zelda Fitzgerald, American artist, wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1900)

1948 - Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1886)

1949 - James Rector, American athlete (b. 1884)

1950 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)

1951 - Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan (b. 1872)

1966 - Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

1967 - Yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1885)

1970 - Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)

1973 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor, American segregationist (b. 1897)

1977 - E. Power Biggs, English-born American organist (b. 1906)

1984 - June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)

1985 - Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)

1985 - Bob Nieman, American baseball player (b. 1927)

1986 - Ray Milland, British actor (b. 1905)

1988 - Andy Gibb, English-born singer (b. 1958)

1999 - Oswaldo Guayasamin, Ecuadorian paintor and sculptor (b. 1919)

1992 - Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer and musician (b. 1925)

1994 - Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright (assassinated) (b. 1929)

1996 - Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1920)

1997 - La Vern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)

1998 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)

2001 - Massimo Morsello, Italian musician and far right activist (b. 1958)

2003 - Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer (b. 1950)

2004 - Dave Blood, real name David Schulthise; American musician, bassist for The Dead Milkmen (b. 1956)

2005 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936)

2005 - Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet) (b. 1951)

2006 - Anna Moffo, American soprano (b. 1932)

2007 - Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)

2007 - Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)

2008 - Richard Fran Biegenwald, an American serial killer (b. 1940)

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