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1227: πεθαίνει ο ηγέτης των Μογγόλων, Τζέγκινς Χαν

1578: η Βιρτζίνια Ντέρ είναι το πρώτο παιδί Βρετανών, που γεννιέται στην Αμερική.

1750: γεννιέται ο Ιταλός μουσικοσυνθέτης, Αντόνιο Σαλιέρι.

1830: γεννιέται ο Φραγκίσκος Ιωσήφ, αυτοκράτορας της Αυστρίας από το 1848 μέχρι το 1916, σύζυγος της αυτοκράτειρας Σίσι.

1850: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος μυθιστοριογράφος Ονορέ ντε Μπαλζάκ.

1877: ο ’σαπ Χολ ανακαλύπτει το Φόβο, τον μεγαλύτερο δορυφόρο του πλανήτη Δία.

1886: τα αδέρφια Carr Baker Neel και Samuel Neel κατακτούν τον τίτλο στο ανοιχτό διπλό τελικό του αμερικάνικου πρωταθλήματος όταν νικούν τους Robert Wrenn και M.G. Chace σε 5 σετ και γίνονται η πρώτη ομάδα που αποτελείται από αδέρφια που καταφέρνει μια τέτοια διάκριση.

1910: ο Αμερικανός Τζον Μοϊσάν περνά τα Στενά της Μάγχης με αεροπλάνο.

1914: ο Αμερικανός Πρόεδρος Γούντροου Ουίλσον υπογράφει τη Διακήρυξη της Ουδετερότητας, με την οποία σκόπευε να κρατήσει τις ΗΠΑ εκτός του Α΄ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου.

1920: ψηφίζεται η 19η Τροπολογία του αμερικανικού Συντάγματος, που αναγνωρίζει το δικαίωμα ψήφου στις γυναίκες

1922: γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα ηθοποιός, Σέλεϊ Γουίντερς

1925: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός συγγραφέας βιβλίων επιστημονικής φαντασίας Μπράϊαν Αλντλίς

1929: μετά την ακύρωση των δημοτικών εκλογών στη Θεσσαλονίκη, προσπάθεια καταβάλλεται για να κερδίσει τις επαναληπτικές εκλογές φιλελεύθερος υποψήφιος.

1932: ο Σκοτσέζος αεροπόρος Τζιμ Μόλισον κάνει την πρώτη υπερατλαντική πτήση από τα ανατολικά προς τα δυτικά, ξεκινώντας από το Πορτμάρνοκ της Ιρλανδίας και καταλήγοντας στο Νιου Μπρούνσγουικ του Καναδά.

1933: 600 νεκροί είναι ο απολογισμός των συγκρούσεων ανάμεσα στο Ιράκ και τη Συρία σε παραμεθόριες περιοχές

1933: γεννιέται ο Πολωνός σκηνοθέτης Ρομάν Πολάνσκι.

1935: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός δεκαθλητής Ράφερ Τζόνσον

1937: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός ηθοποιός, Ρόμπερτ Ρέντφορντ.

1937: ιδρύεται η ιαπωνική αυτοκινητοβιομηχανία TOYOTA.

1940: "οι Ιταλοί διαψεύδουν τους ισχυρισμούς των ’Αγγλων ότι ιταλικό υποβρύχιο τορπίλισε την ""Έλλη"""

1940: πεθαίνει ο πρωτοπόρος Γουόλτερ Κράισλερ, κατασκευαστής αυτοκινήτων, και ιδρυτής της ομώνυμης εταιρίας, Chrysler Corporation

1941: ο Αδόλφος Χίτλερ ανακαλεί την ευθανασία όσων πάσχουν από πνευματικά νοσήματα και αναπηρίες

1949: οι αρχές της Φινλανδίας κινητοποιούν στρατιωτικά τμήματα για να αντιμετωπίσουν τις απεργίες, όπου πρωτοστατούν κομμουνιστές, ενάντια στη σοσιαλιστική κυβέρνηση της χώρας

1949: πεθαίνει ο Αμερικανός μουσικός της τζαζ Πολ Μάρες

1952: "γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός ηθοποιός, Πάτρικ Σουέιζι, που έχει πρωταγωνιστήσει στις ταινίες ""Dirty Dancing""και ""Αόρατος Εραστής""."

1957: γεννιέται ο Ιρλανδός κωμικός, συγγραφέας και σκηνοθέτης, Ντένις Λίρι

1957: ο Αργεντινός οδηγός Juan Manuel Fangio κερδίζει την τελευταία του κούρσα και κατακτά τον παγκόσμιο τίτλο της Φόρμουλα 1 για πέμπτη συνεχόμενη χρονιά στο γερμανικό Grand Prix στην Νίρνμπουργκρινγκ σε ηλικία 46 ετών

1958: "εκδίδεται στις ΗΠΑ η αμφιλεγόμενη νουβέλα ""Λολίτα"", του Βλαντιμίρ Ναμπόκοβ."

1960: κυκλοφορεί το πρώτο αντισυλληπτικό χάπι.

1963: ο Τζέιμς Μέρεντιθ, που αργότερα θα πρωταγωνιστήσει στον αγώνα για τα δικαιώματα των αφροαμερικανών, γίνεται ο πρώτος αφροαμερικανός, που αποφοιτά από το πανεπιστήμιο του Μισισιπή

1969: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός ηθοποιός, Έντουαρντ Νόρτον

1969: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός ηθοποιός, Κρίστιαν Σλέιτερ

1971: στο πλαίσιο του πολέμου του Βιετνάμ, Αυστραλία και Νέα Ζηλανδία αποσύρουν τα στρατεύματά τους από τη χώρα.

1977: συλλαμβάνεται ο Στίβεν Μπίκο, για τη δραστηριότητά του κατά του Απαρτχάιντ. της Νοτίου Αφρικής.

1977: "το συγκρότημα ""Police"", με επικεφαλής τον Στινγκ, δίνει την πρώτη του συναυλία στο Μπέρμιγχαμ."

1978: η Vilma Bardauskiene από τη Ρωσία σπάει το φράγμα των 7μ στο μήκος με επίδοση 7.07 που κάνει στο Κίσινιεφ της Σ. Ένωσης. Στις 29/9, 11 μέρες μετά, στους Πανευρωπαϊκούς της Πράγας θα το ξανακαταρρίψει με 7.09.

1978: ξεκινά το Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Υγρού Στίβου στο Δυτικό Βερολίνο. Επανεμφανίζεται η Ελλάδα στο πόλο μετά από απουσία 5 χρόνων (δεν έλαβε μέρος το 1975 για οικονομικούς λόγους), και κατατάσσεται δωδέκατη. Βασικά στελέχη της Εθνικής, που την εποχή αυτή έχει πολύ καλή ομάδα: ο Σπύρος Καπράλος, ο Αντώνης Αρώνης, ο Μάρκελλος Σιταρένιος και ο Γιάννης Γιαννουρής.

1979: η ΕΣΣΔ πραγματοποιεί πυρηνική δοκιμή στο ανατολικό Καζακστάν.

1982: ο δήμος του Λίβερπουλ δίνει σε τέσσερις δρόμους της πόλης τα ονόματα των μελών των Beatles.

1982: υπάλληλος της Ιονικής Τράπεζας Θεσσαλονίκης εξαφανίζεται με 700 εκατομμύρια δραχμές.

1983: "ο τυφώνας Αλίσια ""χτυπά""το Τέξας, προκαλώντας το θάνατο 22 ανθρώπων και υλικές ζημιές ύψους 1 δισεκατομμυρίου δολαρίων."

1989: τεράστια πυρκαγιά στη Θάσο καταστρέφει 70.000 στρέμματα, ενώ οι φλόγες φτάνουν μέχρι και το λιμάνι.

1990: η Κίνα πραγματοποιεί πυρηνική δοκιμή ισχύος 40-150 κιλοτόνων.

1991: ο γιουγκοσλαβικός στρατός βεβαιώνει ότι αεροπλάνα του χτύπησαν δύο φορές κροατικές θέσεις.

1991: "ο Πρόεδρος της ΕΣΣΔ, Μιχαήλ Γκορμπατσόφ, ""φυλακίζεται""στο σπίτι του από πραξικοπηματίες."

1991: στη νότια Ινδία, 12 άνδρες του κινήματος Ταμίλ της Σρι Λάνκα προτιμούν να αυτοκτονήσουν με κυάνιο, παρά να συλληφθούν από την αστυνομία, στο πλαίσιο επιχείρησης για τον εντοπισμό των δολοφόνων του Ραντζίβ Γκάντι.

1992: η εταιρία πληροφορικής Wang κλείνει λόγω χρεοκοπίας.

1992: ο Larry Bird, ένας από τους μεγαλύτερους παίκτες του ΝΒΑ, ανακοινώνει την αποχώρησή του από την ενεργό δράση λόγω προβλημάτων με τη μέση του μετά από 13 χρόνια στους Boston Celtics. Στην καριέρα του έχει ανακηρυχθεί 3 φορές MVP και έχει οδηγήσει τη Βοστόνη σε 3 πρωταθλήματα ενώ έχει πάρει μέρος σε 12 All Star Games. Υπήρξε μέλος της Dream Team του 1992 που πήρε το χρυσό μετάλλιο στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες στη Βαρκελώνη.

1992: Ρώσος αξιωματούχος αποκαλύπτει ότι περισσότεροι από 2.000 ξένοι φυλακίζονταν σε γκουλάγκ της Σιβηρίας, στη διάρκεια της διακυβέρνησης της ΕΣΣΔ από τον Στάλιν.

1993: η ΕΟΚ αποφασίζει τη χορήγηση επείγουσας οικονομικής βοήθειας προς τα θύματα του μεγάλου σεισμού της Πάτρας και των πυρκαγιών στα δάση της Ελλάδας.

1993: στην Αίγυπτο, εκρηκτικός μηχανισμός που εξερράγη με στόχο τον υπουργό Εσωτερικών, έχει ως αποτέλεσμα να σκοτωθούν τρία άτομα.

1993: φτάνουν στο λιμάνι της Αλεξανδρούπολης οι 1.013 Ελληνοπόντιοι από το Σουχούμι της Αμπχαζίας, ένα χρόνο μετά την έναρξη του πολέμου στην περιοχή.

1994: "σε κατάσταση έκτακτης ανάγκης κηρύσσεται ο νομός Χανίων και εφαρμόζεται το σχέδιο ""Ξενοκράτης"", εξαιτίας της μεγάλης πυρκαγιάς, που προκαλεί βιβλικές καταστροφές στην περιοχή."

1995: στην Ισπανία, το Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο αποφασίζει την εξέταση του φακέλου της υπόθεσης GAL, που αφορά επιθέσεις εναντίον των βάσκων αυτονομιστών και στην οποία φέρεται αναμεμιγμένος ο πρωθυπουργός Φελίπε Γκονζάλες.

1995: στο Μαρόκο, από τις πλημμύρες στο Μαρακές, χάνουν τη ζωή τους 73 άτομα.

1996: στις ΗΠΑ, ο δισεκατομμυριούχος Ρος Περό εκλέγεται υποψήφιος του Μεταρρυθμιστικού Κόμματος για τις προεδρικές εκλογές.

1997: αποζημίωση 30 εκατομμυρίων δρχ. για συκοφαντικό δημοσίευμα της εφημερίδας που εκδίδει, υποχρεώνεται να καταβάλει ο Μάκης Ψωμιάδης στον ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ Κώστα Λαλιώτη, σύμφωνα με δικαστική απόφαση.

1999: η Marlene Ottey βρίσκεται ντοπαρισμένη, καθώς στο δείγμα της 5/7/99 από τους αγώνες της Λουκέρνης ανιχνεύεται ναδρολόνη, ένα σκληρό αναβολικό. Η 39χρονη Τζαμαϊκανή δηλώνει αθώα αλλά επιτόπου αποσύρει τη συμμετοχή της από το Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Στίβου της Σεβίλλης, που θα αρχίσει σε δυο ημέρες.

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August 18th: On this Day

1962, Ringo Starr made his debut with The Beatles at the horticultural society Dance, Birkenhead, England, having had a two-hour rehearsal in preparation. This was the first appearance of The Beatles as the world would come to know them: John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

1964, Over 9,000 frenzied fans met The Beatles as they arrived in San Francisco, to begin an American tour. The Beatles were driven into a protective fence enclosure so that photographers could take pictures. As the 9,000 fans pressed against the fencing, it gave way, with The Beatles managing to get out split-seconds before it came crashing down.

1966, Paul Jones left Manfred Mann just as ‘Pretty Flamingo’ was climbing the US charts. He was replaced by singer Mike D’Abo, who would take over lead vocals on the bands next hit, ‘The Mighty Quinn,’ a song written by Bob Dylan.

1969, Mick Jagger was accidentally shot in the hand during filming of Ned Kelly in Australia. The film was dogged by problems: Jagger's girlfriend of the time, Marianne Faithfull, had gone to Australia to play the lead female role (Ned's sister, Maggie), but the Jagger-Faithfull relationship was breaking up, and she took an overdose of sleeping tablets soon after arrival in Sydney resulting in being hospitalised in a coma, and pulling out of the film.

1973, Diana Ross scored her second US No.1 single with 'Touch Me In The Morning'. The song marked a turning point in her career, coming immediately after her Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in her acting debut, Lady Sings the Blues.

1976, 'Variety' reported that Marvin Gaye faced two consecutive five day prison terms in Los Angeles county jail for contempt of court after failing to pay alimony and child support.

1977, The Police made their live debut as a three-piece band when they played at Rebecca's Birmingham, England. The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and are generally regarded as one of the first New Wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock that was influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz.

1977, Two Missouri girls were killed and a third was critically injured when a car being driven by an 18-year-old Memphis teen swerved into a crowd of over 2,000 mourners standing in front of Graceland's music gate at about 4am. The driver was charged with drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident and two counts of second degree murder.

1979, British singer, songwriter, producer Nick Lowe married Johnny Cash'sstepdaughter Carlene Carter in Los Angeles. The couple are now divorced.

1979, Chic went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Good Times', the group's second US No.1, a No.5 hit in the UK.

1982, The City of Liverpool named four Streets after the fab four: John Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive.

1983, The Police plus Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and R.E.M. (their biggest gig to date) all appeared at Shea Stadium, New York City.

1984, George Michael was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his first solo single 'Careless Whisper.' It made George the first person to reach No.1 as a solo artist and a member of a band in the same year. It gave Epic records UK their first UK million seller and the song was No.1 in nearly 25 countries, selling over six million copies worldwide.

1986, Bon Jovi released their third studio album, Slippery When Wet, which peaked at No.1 on the US charts, going on to sell over 28 million copies worldwide. The set featured two US chart toppers, 'You Give Love A Bad Name' and 'Livin’ On A Prayer'.

1991, Rick Griffin, died after being forced off the road by a van he was attempting to pass on his Harley Heritage Softail motorbike. One of his best known album covers was for the Grateful Dead's 'Aoxomoa' LP, and the legendary "Flying Eyeball" poster he designed for a series of concerts in San Francisco featuring the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Albert King and John Mayall.

1991, Sweet Jesus appeared at the Boardwalk, Manchester. Support act was The Rain (later to become Oasis) minus Noel Gallagher who had yet to join his brothers band.

1992, Kurt Cobain became a father when his wife Courtney Love gave birth to a daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.

2003, Tony Jackson bass player with The Searchers died of cirrhosis of the liver. The Searchers had the 1964 UK No.1 & US No.13 single 'Needles And Pins'.

2005, Kanye West called for an end to homophobia in the hip-hop community during an MTV interview saying ‘hip-hop was always about speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers, but everyone in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates, I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, 'Yo, stop it'."

2006, Justin Hawkins the lead singer of The Darkness checked himself into the Priory rehabilitation clinic suffering from exhaustion after three years of non-stop work.

2006, US film-maker Adam Muskiewicz set up elviswanted.com as part of a documentary exploring the myth that the singer was still alive and offered a $3m (£1.59m) reward for anybody who found Elvis Presley alive. The film was due for release in August 2007, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Presley's death.

2006, Babyshambles front man Pete Doherty appeared at Thames Magistrates court in London to face seven charges of drug possession.

2008, Soul singer Pervis Jackson died of cancer. Was a member of The Spinners (Also known as The Motown Spinners and The Detroit Spinners). Had the 1980 UK No.1 & US No.2 single 'Working My Way Back To You'.

2010, French beauty brand Etat Libre D'Orange announced that they have teamed up with the Sex Pistols to bottle the scent of the Punk era by launching the band's first fragrance. Company executives said "to wear this scent, you must resist tradition, fight conformity, and disregard aromatic conventions."

2012, American singer and songwrite Scott McKenzie died aged 73. He was best known for his 1967 hit single and generational anthem, 'San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'. He also joined a new version of The Mamas & the Papas and co-wrote "Kokomo" (1988), a No.1 single for The Beach Boys.

2014, Ed Sheeran's album X notched up eight weeks at No.1 on the UK chart, becoming the joint longest chart-topper by a male solo artist. The last man to achieve the feat was James Blunt for his 2005 collection Back to Bedlam.


August 18th: Born on this day

1930, Born on this day, Johnny Preston, US singer, (1960 US & UK No.1 single 'Running Bear'. Preston died on March 4, 2011.

1939, Born on this day, American soul and R&B singer Maxine Brown. She recorded a string of sizable hits for Wand Records in the mid 60s. Among these were the Carole King/Gerry Goffin songs 'Oh No Not My Baby'.

1944, Born on this day, Carl Wayne, singer, with British rock band The Move who had the 1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way' and hits with 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow', 'Flowers in the Rain' and 'Fire Brigade'. Wayne died of cancer on 31st Aug 2004.

1945, Born on this day, Sarah Dash, Labelle, (1975 US No.1 & UK No.17, single 'Lady Marmalade').

1945, Born on this day, Barbara Harris, singer, The Toys, 1965 US No. 2 & UK No.5 single 'A Lover's Concerto').

1949, Born on this day, Nigel Griggs bassist from New Zealand group Split Enz who had the 1980 UK No.12 single 'I Got You'. Split Enz had ten albums (including seven studio albums) reach the top ten of the Official New Zealand Music Chart.

1950, Born on this day, Dennis Elliott, drummer with English-American rock band Foreigner, who scored the 1985 UK & US No.1 single 'I Want To Know What Love Is'. They are one of the world's best-selling bands of all time with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records.

1951, Born on this day, John Rees, Men At Work, (1983 UK & US No.1 single 'Down Under').

1952, Born on this day, Patrick Swayze, actor, singer, (1988 US No.3 & UK No.17 single with Wendy Fraser, 'She's Like The Wind'). Swayze died from pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009.

1953, Born on this day, Marvin Isley from American group The Isley Brothers who first came to prominence in 1959 with their fourth single, 'Shout', and then the 1962 hit 'Twist and Shout. The Isley Brothers also scored the hits 'This Old Heart Of Mine', 'Summer Breeze' and 'Harvest for the World'. Sixteen of their albums charted in the Top 40. Marvin Isley died from complications of diabetes on June 6, 2010.

1956, Born on this day Tony Garnier American bassist, best known as an accompanist to Bob Dylan, with whom he has played since 1989. He is Dylan's longest-running sideman and was also a long-time sideman for David Johansen in his Buster Poindexter persona, and was also briefly a member of the Saturday Night Live house band.

1957, Born on this day, Ron Strykert, Men At Work, (1983 UK and US No.1 single 'Down Under').

1967, Born on this day, Dan Peters, drummer with American alternative rock band Mudhoney. Their early releases on the Sub Pop label were massively influential on the Seattle music scene.

1967, Born on this day, Tracy Tracy, The Primitives, (1988 UK No.5 single 'Crash').

1969, Born on this day, Erik Schrody, Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter, House Of Pain, (1993 UK No.3 single 'Jump Around'). Member of Everlast, (1999 UK No. 34 single 'What It's Like').

1971, Born on this day, Richard James, Aphex Twin (1993 UK No.32 single 'On').

1977, Born on this day, Canadian multi-instrumentalist and singer, Régine Chassagne, founding member of Arcade Fire. (She is married to co-founder Win Butler). Had the 2005 album Funeral, and 2017 US No.1 album Everything Now.

1983, Born on this day, Mika, (Mica Penniman), UK singer, (2007 UK No.1 single 'Grace Kelly' and 2007 UK No.1 album 'Life in Cartoon Motion').

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684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
1304 – The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.
1487 – The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
1572 – Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
1587 – Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
1590 – John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
1612 – The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
1838 – The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
1848 – Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
1891 – Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
1917 – A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
1923 – First British Track & Field championships for women, London
1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1940 – World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
1945 – Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
1950 – Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
1958 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
1958 – Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
1963 – Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
1965 – Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
1966 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
1971 – Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
1976 – In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
1977 – Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
1983 – Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
1989 – Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
2003 – One year old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
2005 – A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
2008 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
2008 – War of Afghanistan: Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
2017 – The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.

1305 – Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese Shogun (d. 1358)
1450 – Marko Marulić, Croatian poet and author (d. 1524)
1458 – Lorenzo Pucci, Catholic cardinal (d. 1531)
1497 – Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (d. 1543)
1542 – Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (d. 1601)
1579 – Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (d. 1640)
1587 – Virginia Dare, Virginia colony settler
1596 – Jean Bolland, Flemish priest and hagiographer (d. 1665)
1605 – Henry Hammond, English churchman and theologian (d. 1660)
1606 – Maria Anna of Spain (d. 1646)
1629 – Agneta Horn, Swedish writer (d. 1672)
1657 – Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and painter (d. 1743)
1685 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (d. 1731)
1692 – Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1740)
1700 – Baji Rao I, Indian emperor (d. 1740)
1720 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (d. 1760)
1750 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1825)
1754 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (d. 1833)
1774 – Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician (d. 1809)
1792 – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)
1803 – Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General (d. 1881)
1807 – B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (d. 1893)
1819 – Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1876)
1822 – Isaac P. Rodman, American general and politician (d. 1862)
1830 – Franz Joseph I of Austria (d. 1916)
1831 – Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (d. 1931)
1834 – Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (d. 1906)
1841 – William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1919)
1855 – Alfred Wallis, English painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
1857 – Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary (d. 1926)
1863 – Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (d. 1930)^[1]
1869 – Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator (d. 1959)
1870 – Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer (d. 1918)
1879 – Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (d. 1970)
1883 – Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (d. 1966)
1885 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (d. 1964)
1887 – John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining (d. 1957)
1890 – Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics (d. 1960)
1893 – Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
1893 – Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1973)
1896 – Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1933)
1898 – Clemente Biondetti, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
1900 – Ruth Bonner, Soviet Communist activist, sentenced to a labor camp during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge (d. 1987)
1900 – Ruth Norman, American religious leader (d. 1993)
1902 – Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
1902 – Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (d. 2003)
1903 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983)
1904 – Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (d. 1996)
1905 – Enoch Light, American bandleader, violinist, and recording engineer (d. 1978)
1906 – Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1906 – Curtis Jones, American blues pianist and singer (d. 1971)
1908 – Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France (d. 1988)
1908 – Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet and gardener (d. 1994)
1908 – Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1977)
1909 – Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)
1910 – Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2001)
1910 – Robert Winters, Canadian colonel, engineer, and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 1969)
1911 – Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (d. 2015)
1911 – Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (d. 1963)
1912 – Otto Ernst Remer, German general (d. 1997)
1913 – Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1983)
1914 – Lucy Ozarin, United States Navy lieutenant commander and psychiatrist (d. 2017)
1915 – Max Lanier, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
1916 – Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat (d. 2018)
1916 – Moura Lympany, English pianist (d. 2005)
1917 – Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006)
1918 – Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1961)
1919 – Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska (d. 2010)
1920 – Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (d. 1999)
1920 – Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1920 – Shelley Winters, American actress (d. 2006)
1921 – Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943)
1921 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian and academic (d. 2015)
1922 – Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (d. 2008)
1925 – Brian Aldiss, English author and critic (d. 2017)
1925 – Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon and academic (d. 2006)
1925 – Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and author (d. 2011)
1928 – Marge Schott, American businesswoman (d. 2004)
1928 – Sonny Til, American R&B singer (The Orioles) (d. 1981)
1929 – Hugues Aufray, French singer-songwriter
1930 – Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic (d. 2007)
1930 – Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (d. 2014)
1931 – Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army
1931 – Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2010)
1932 – Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Just Fontaine, Moroccan-French footballer and manager
1933 – Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
1934 – Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author (d. 2015)
1934 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier (d. 1972)
1934 – Gulzar, Indian poet, lyricist and film director
1934 – Michael May, German-Swiss race car driver and engineer
1935 – Gail Fisher, American actress (d. 2000)
1935 – Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Namibia
1936 – Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer
1937 – Sheila Cassidy, English physician and author
1939 – Maxine Brown, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
1939 – Robert Horton, English businessman (d. 2011)
1939 – Johnny Preston, American pop singer (d. 2011)
1940 – Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
1940 – Gil Whitney, American journalist (d. 1982)
1943 – Martin Mull, American actor and comedian
1943 – Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician
1943 – Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (d. 2004)
1944 – Paula Danziger, American author (d. 2004)
1944 – Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor and illustrator
1945 – Sarah Dash, American singer-songwriter and actress
1945 – Värner Lootsmann, Estonian lawyer and politician
1945 – Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and author (d. 1994)
1948 – James Jones, English bishop
1948 – John Scarlett, English intelligence officer
1949 – Nigel Griggs, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
1950 – Dennis Elliott, English drummer and sculptor
1952 – Elayne Boosler, American actress, director, and screenwriter
1952 – Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (d. 2009)
1952 – Ricardo Villa, Argentinian footballer and coach
1953 – Louie Gohmert, American captain, lawyer, and politician
1953 – Marvin Isley, American R&B bass player and songwriter (d. 2010)
1954 – Umberto Guidoni, Italian astrophysicist, astronaut, and politician
1955 – Bruce Benedict, American baseball player and coach
1955 – Taher Elgamal, Egyptian-American cryptographer
1955 – Tan Dun, Chinese composer
1956 – John Debney, American composer and conductor
1956 – Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer and coach
1956 – Jon Schwartz, American drummer and producer
1956 – Kelly Willard, American singer-songwriter
1956 – Rainer Woelki, German cardinal
1957 – Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1958 – Didier Auriol, French race car driver
1958 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress
1959 – Tom Prichard, American wrestler and trainer
1960 – Mike LaValliere, American baseball player
1960 – Fat Lever, American basketball player and sportscaster
1961 – Huw Edwards, Welsh-English journalist and author
1961 – Timothy Geithner, American banker and politician, 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury
1961 – Bob Woodruff, American journalist and author
1962 – Felipe Calderón, Mexican lawyer and politician, 56th President of Mexico
1962 – Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964 – Andi Deris, German singer and songwriter
1964 – Mark Sargent, Australian rugby league player
1964 – Kenny Walker, American basketball player and sportscaster
1965 – Ikue Ōtani, Japanese voice actress
1966 – Gustavo Charif, Argentinian director and producer
1967 – Daler Mehndi, Indian Punjabi Singer, Songwriter, Record producer.
1967 – Brian Michael Bendis, American author and illustrator
1969 – Everlast, American rapper, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
1969 – Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player and coach
1969 – Edward Norton, American actor
1969 – Christian Slater, American actor and producer
1970 – Jason Furman, American economist and politician
1970 – Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor and producer
1971 – Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
1971 – Tom Middleton, English DJ and producer
1972 – Victoria Coren Mitchell, English journalist and poker player
1974 – Nicole Krauss, American novelist and critic
1977 – Paraskevas Antzas, Greek footballer
1977 – Even Kruse Skatrud, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and educator
1978 – Andy Samberg, American actor and comedian
1979 – Stuart Dew, Australian footballer
1980 – Esteban Cambiasso, Argentinian footballer
1980 – Rob Nguyen, Australian race car driver
1980 – Ryan O'Hara, Australian rugby league player
1980 – Bart Scott, American football player
1980 – Jeremy Shockey, American football player
1981 – César Delgado, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer
1983 – Mika, Lebanese-born English recording artist and singer-songwriter ^[2]
1983 – Cameron White, Australian cricketer
1984 – Sigourney Bandjar, Dutch footballer
1984 – Robert Huth, German footballer
1985 – Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer
1985 – Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
1986 – Evan Gattis, American baseball player
1986 – Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer
1986 – Andreas Weise, Swedish singer-songwriter
1987 – Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Polish mixed martial artist
1988 – Jack Hobbs, English footballer
1988 – Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
1988 – G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
1990 – Elliot Justham, English footballer
1992 – Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
1992 – Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
1993 – Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter
1993 – Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
1994 – Morgan Sanson, French footballer
1995 – Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
1997 – Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer

353 – Decentius, Roman usurper
440 – Pope Sixtus III
472 – Ricimer, Roman general and politician (b. 405)
670 – Fiacre, Irish hermit
673 – Kim Yu-shin, general of Silla (b. 595)
849 – Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian (b. 808)
1095 – King Olaf I of Denmark
1211 – Narapatisithu, king of Burma (b. 1150)
1227 – Genghis Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1162)
1258 – Theodore II Laskaris, emperor of Nicea (Byzantine emperor in exile)
1276 – Pope Adrian V (b. 1220)
1318 – Clare of Montefalco, Italian nun and saint (b. 1268)
1430 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (b. 1406)
1500 – Alfonso of Aragon, Spanish prince (b. 1481)
1502 – Knut Alvsson, Norwegian nobleman and politician (b. 1455)
1503 – Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431)
1550 – Antonio Ferramolino, Italian architect and military engineer
1559 – Pope Paul IV (b. 1476)
1563 – Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and philosopher (b. 1530)
1600 – Sebastiano Montelupi, Italian businessman (b. 1516)
1613 – Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1540)
1620 – Wanli Emperor of China (b. 1563)
1625 – Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English diplomat (b. 1556)
1634 – Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
1642 – Guido Reni, Italian painter and educator (b. 1575)
1648 – Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1615)
1683 – Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
1707 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1640)
1712 – Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1660)
1765 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
1815 – Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
1823 – André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
1842 – Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
1850 – Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
1886 – Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
1919 – Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
1940 – Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
1943 – Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
1944 – Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
1945 – Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
1949 – Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
1950 – Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
1952 – Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
1964 – Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
1968 – Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)
1979 – Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician (b. 1913)
1981 – Anita Loos, American author and screenwriter (b. 1889)
1983 – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (b. 1902)
1990 – B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and philosopher, invented the Skinner box (b. 1904)
1994 – Francis Raymond Shea, American bishop (b. 1913)
1998 – Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (b. 1948)^[3]
2001 – David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (b. 1931)
2002 – Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2003 – Tony Jackson, English singer and bass player (b. 1938)
2004 – Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1922)
2004 – Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (b. 1906)
2005 – Chri$ Ca$h, American wrestler (b. 1982)
2006 – Ken Kearney, Australian rugby player (b. 1924)
2007 – Michael Deaver, American soldier and politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b. 1938)
2007 – Magdalen Nabb, English author (b. 1947)
2009 – Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2009 – Rose Friedman, Ukrainian-American economist and author (b. 1910)
2009 – Robert Novak, American journalist and author (b. 1931)
2010 – Hal Connolly, American hammer thrower and coach (b. 1931)
2010 – Benjamin Kaplan, American scholar and jurist (b. 1911)
2012 – Harrison Begay, American painter (b. 1917)
2012 – John Kovatch, American football player (b. 1920)
2012 – Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
2012 – Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1927)
2012 – Jesse Robredo, Filipino public servant and politician, 23rd Filipino Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (b. 1958)
2013 – Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player (b. 1924)
2013 – Jean Kahn, French lawyer and activist (b. 1929)
2013 – Albert Murray, American author and critic (b. 1916)
2014 – Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (b. 1930)
2014 – Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)
2014 – Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (b. 1933)
2014 – Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (b. 1918)
2015 – Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist and author (b. 1932)
2015 – Roger Smalley, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1943)
2015 – Suvra Mukherjee, Wife of former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee. (b. 1940)
2015 – Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
2015 – Bud Yorkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2016 – Ernst Nolte, German historian (b. 1923)
2017 – Bruce Forsyth, English television presenter and entertainer (b. 1928)
2017 – Zoe Laskari, Greek actress and beauty pageant winner (b. 1944)

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