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- Christian Feast Day:
- International Dance Day (International)
- National Persian Gulf Day (Iran)
- Queen's Night (the Netherlands)
- Sh?wa Day, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period. Japan
- The beginning of Arita Ceramic Fair (Arita, Saga, Japan)
- The ninth day of Ridván (Bahá'í Faith)
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- 2005 - Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
- 2004 - Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
- 2004 - Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
- 1999 - The Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
- 1997 - The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
- 1992 - 1992 Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
- 1991 - A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.
- 1986 - A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
- 1986 - Roger Clemens then of the Boston Red Sox sets a major league baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners.
- 1980 - Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. is founded.
- 1975 - Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
- 1974 - Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
- 1968 - The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway.
- 1967 - After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
- 1965 - Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
- 1953 - The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
- 1951 - Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
- 1946 - Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes.
- 1946 - Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.
- 1945 - World War II: The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.
- 1945 - World War II: Start of Operation Manna.
- 1945 - World War II – Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Both Hitler and Braun will commit suicide the next day.
- 1945 - The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
- 1945 - The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.
- 1916 - World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
- 1916 - Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.
- 1903 - A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.
- 1882 - The "Elektromote" – forerunner of the trolleybus – is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin.
- 1864 - The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
- 1862 - American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
- 1832 - Évariste Galois released from prison.
- 1770 - James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
- 1672 - Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
- 1624 - In France, Richelieu assumes as Prime Minister of Louis XIII.
- 1483 - Gran Canaria, the main of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, very important step in the expansion of Spain.
- 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
- 711 - Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
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- 2003 - Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2007)
- 1989 - Charlotte Francis, English actress
- 1988 - Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 - Alicia Morton, American actress
- 1986 - Renee Alway, American model
- 1984 - Taylor Cole, American actress
- 1984 - Firass Dirani, Australian actor
- 1984 - Ph?m V?n Quy?n, Vietnamese footballer
- 1984 - Vasilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player
- 1983 - Jay Cutler, American football player
- 1983 - Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress
- 1983 - David Lee, American basketball player
- 1983 - Tommie Harris, American football player
- 1983 - Sam Jones III, American actor
- 1982 - Travis Smith, American drummer (Trivium)
- 1981 - George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
- 1981 - Émilie Mondor, Canadian athlete (d. 2006)
- 1981 - Alex Vincent, American actor
- 1980 - Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 - Kian Egan, Irish singer (Westlife)
- 1980 - Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player
- 1979 - Ryan Sharp, British racing driver
- 1979 - Jo O'Meara, British singer (S Club)
- 1979 - Lee Dong-Gook, Korean footballer
- 1979 - Matt Tong, British drummer (Bloc Party)
- 1978 - Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player
- 1978 - Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, American tennis players
- 1978 - Craig Gower, Australian rugby league and union player
- 1977 - Rocío Carrasco, Spanish TV host and socialite
- 1977 - Claus Jensen, Danish footballer
- 1976 - Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and producer
- 1975 - Béres Zoo, Hungarian radio DJ
- 1975 - Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1975 - Eric Koston, Thai American professional skateboarder
- 1974 - Anggun, Indonesian singer
- 1974 - Pascal Cygan, French footballer
- 1974 - Julian Knowle, Austrian tennis player
- 1974 - Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist
- 1973 - David Belle, French physical educator
- 1973 - Johan Hegg, Swedish heavy metal vocalist
- 1972 - Dustin McDaniel, American politician
- 1971 - Sam Michael, Australian engineer
- 1971 - Tamara Johnson-George, American singer (SWV)
- 1970 - Andre Agassi, American tennis player
- 1970 - China Forbes, American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini)
- 1970 - Uma Thurman, American actress
- 1969 - Paul Adelstein, American actor
- 1969 - ?zel, Turkish singer
- 1968 - Carnie Wilson, American singer
- 1967 - Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967 - Master P, American rapper
- 1966 - Phil Tufnell, British cricketer
- 1964 - Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor
- 1964 - Mohammad Qatanani, Muslim Imam
- 1963 - Mike Babcock, NHL Coach
- 1961 - Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese seiy?
- 1960 - Phil King, British bassist
- 1960 - Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian writer
- 1960 - Caveh Zahedi, American filmmaker
- 1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
- 1958 - Eve Plumb, American actress
- 1958 - Gary Cohen, Baseball broadcaster
- 1958 - Martin Whitmarsh, British businessman, CEO of McLaren Racing
- 1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
- 1957 - Mark Kendall, American guitarist
- 1957 - Timothy Treadwell, American ecologist (d. 2003)
- 1956 - Sofia Sakorafa, Greek javelin thrower and politician
- 1956 - Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer
- 1955 - Wendee Lee, American voice actress
- 1955 - Richard Epcar, American voice actor
- 1955 - Kate Mulgrew, American actress
- 1955 - Gino Quilico, Canadian baritone
- 1954 - Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder
- 1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian
- 1952 - Nora Dunn, American actress
- 1952 - David Icke, Briti writer
- 1952 - Bob McClure, American baseball player
- 1951 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
- 1950 - Phillip Noyce, Australian film director
- 1950 - Debbie Stabenow, American politician, junior senator of Michigan
- 1948 - Bruce Cutler, American attorney
- 1948 - Michael Karoli, German guitarist and violinist (Can) (d. 2001)
- 1947 - Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1947 - Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
- 1947 - Tommy James, American musician
- 1947 - Jim Ryun, American athlete and politician
- 1945 - Tammi Terrell, American singer (d. 1970)
- 1944 - Princess Benedikte of Denmark
- 1944 - Richard Kline, American actor and director
- 1944 - Francis Lee, British footballer
- 1942 - Galina Kulakova, Soviet cross country skier
- 1938 - Fred Dibnah, British television personality (d. 2004)
- 1938 - Bernard Madoff, American convict, Ponzi scheme operator
- 1938 - Klaus Voormann, German musician, artist, and record producer
- 1937 - Jill Paton Walsh, British writer
- 1936 - Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest
- 1936 - April Stevens, American singer
- 1936 - Lane Smith, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1936 - Zubin Mehta, Indian-born conductor
- 1934 - Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1934 - Pedro Pires, 3rd President of Cape Verde
- 1934 - Otis Rush, American musician
- 1933 - Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium
- 1933 - Rod McKuen, American poet and composer
- 1932 - Joy Clements, American soprano (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter
- 1931 - Lonnie Donegan, British musician (d. 2002)
- 1930 - Jean Rochefort, French actor
- 1929 - Ray Baretto, American jazz musician (d. 2006)
- 1929 - Walter Kempowski, German author (d. 2007)
- 1929 - Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (d. 2003)
- 1929 - Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer
- 1928 - Carl Gardner, American singer (The Coasters)
- 1926 - Elmer Kelton, American Western novelist (d. 2009)
- 1925 - Ned Austin, American character actor (d. 2007)
- 1925 - John Compton, Saint Lucian Prime Minister (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Iwao Takamoto, American animator, producer and film director (d. 2007)
- 1924 - Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer and actress
- 1922 - Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcyclist (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz guitarist and harmonica player
- 1920 - Harold Shapero, American composer
- 1920 - Edward Blishen, English author (d. 1996)
- 1919 - Gérard Oury, French film actor and director (d. 2006)
- 1918 - George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)
- 1917 - Celeste Holm, American actress
- 1915 - Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (d. 1999)
- 1912 - Richard Carlson, American actor (d. 1977)
- 1909 - Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1908 - Jack Williamson, American writer (d. 2006)
- 1907 - Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (d. 1983)
- 1907 - Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (d. 1997)
- 1901 - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)
- 1899 - Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Malcolm Sargent, British conductor (d. 1967)
- 1893 - Harold Urey, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
- 1885 - Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)
- 1882 - Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (d. 1945)
- 1879 - Thomas Beecham, British conductor (d. 1961)
- 1876 - Zauditu of Ethiopia (d. 1930)
- 1875 - Rafael Sabatini, Italian/British writer (d. 1950)
- 1872 - Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1930)
- 1863 - William Randolph Hearst, American publisher (d. 1951)
- 1863 - Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (d. 1933)
- 1863 - Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (d. 1922)
- 1854 - Henri Poincaré, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
- 1848 - Raja Ravi Varma,Indian painter (d.1906)
- 1842 - Karl Millöcker, Dutch composer (d. 1899)
- 1837 - Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (d. 1891)
- 1818 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)
- 1810 - Thomas Adolphus Trollope, British author and journalist, (d. 1892)
- 1784 - Samuel Turell Armstrong, American politician and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)
- 1780 - Charles Nodier, French writer (d. 1844)
- 1769 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)
- 1762 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833)
- 1758 - Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (d. 1820)
- 1745 - Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)
- 1727 - Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer (d. 1810)
- 1686 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)
- 1667 - John Arbuthnot, English physician and satirist (d. 1735)
- 1665 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)