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- Barsi Bhagat Puran Singh (Sikhism)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burkina Faso from France in 1960.
- The beginning of Bogotá's Carnival (Bogotá)
- Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia)
- International Beer Day
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- 2010 - 2010 Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft below the ground.
- 2003 - A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
- 1995 - The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
- 1989 - General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
- 1981 - Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
- 1979 - In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
- 1974 - Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
- 1969 - Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
- 1964 - Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
- 1963 - The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
- 1962 - Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until .
- 1960 - Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
- 1957 - American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
- 1949 - In Ecuador an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
- 1949 - The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
- 1944 - Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
- 1944 - World War II: possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
- 1940 - World War II: the Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
- 1925 - Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that was at the time in danger of dying out.
- 1914 - World War I: the German minelayer Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles of the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
- 1914 - In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
- 1901 - Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11ľins. The record will stand for 20 years.
- 1888 - Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
- 1884 - The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- 1882 - The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
- 1874 - Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
- 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
- 1864 - American Civil War: the Battle of Mobile Bay begins – at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge – along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.
- 1861 - American Civil War: in order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in ).
- 1861 - The United States Army abolishes flogging.
- 1860 - Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
- 1858 - Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
- 1781 - The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
- 1772 - The First Partition of Poland begins.
- 1763 - Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run – British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
- 1735 - Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
- 1716 - The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
- 1689 - 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France.
- 1620 - The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
- 1600 - The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
- 1583 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland.
- 1388 - The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
- 1305 - William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
- 1100 - Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
- 910 - The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia.
- 642 - Battle of Maserfield – Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
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- 2000 - Maya Bond, Japanese-born American singer-songwriter and drummer
- 1993 - Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
- 1988 - Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
- 1987 - Lexi Belle, American pornographic actress
- 1986 - Cassie Davis, Australian Singer
- 1986 - Paula Creamer, American golfer
- 1985 - Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
- 1985 - Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
- 1985 - Megan Joy Corkrey, American singer
- 1983 - Korey Hall, American football player
- 1983 - Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane, Dirty Money)
- 1982 - Jamie Houston, English-born German rugby player
- 1982 - LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete
- 1982 - Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player
- 1982 - Tobias Regner, German singer
- 1982 - Pete Sell, American mixed martial artist
- 1981 - Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress
- 1981 - Carl Crawford, American baseball player
- 1981 - David Clarke, British ice hockey player
- 1981 - Rachel Scott, American murder victim (d. 1999)
- 1981 - K? Shibasaki, Japanese singer
- 1981 - Erik Guay, Canadian alpine skier
- 1981 - Cory Williams, American internet celebrity
- 1981 - Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1980 - Kaylani Lei, Singaporean-born American pornographic actress
- 1980 - Wayne Bridge, English footballer
- 1980 - Jason ?ulina, Australian soccer player
- 1980 - Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer
- 1980 - Sophie Winkleman, English actress
- 1980 - Vatsal Seth, Indian actor
- 1979 - David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
- 1978 - Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
- 1978 - Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer
- 1977 - Eric Hinske, American baseball player
- 1977 - Michael Walsh, English footballer
- 1977 - Mark Mulder, American baseball player
- 1976 - Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 - Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor
- 1976 - Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer
- 1975 - Antony Cotton, English actor
- 1975 - Ami Foster, American actress
- 1975 - Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress
- 1975 - Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
- 1975 - Haim Goldenberg, Israeli-born Canadian mentalist (GoldMind)
- 1975 - Iddo Goldberg, Israeli-born British actor
- 1974 - Alvin Ceccoli, Australian soccer player
- 1974 - Manuel Greil, German footballer
- 1974 - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
- 1973 - Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1973 - Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist
- 1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian guitarist and bassist (Fear Factory)
- 1972 - Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer
- 1972 - Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1972 - Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer
- 1971 - "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff, American bassist (The Bloodhound Gang)
- 1970 - James Gunn, American filmmaker
- 1969 - Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
- 1969 - Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer
- 1969 - Paola Volpato, Chilean actress
- 1968 - Terri Clark, Canadian country singer
- 1968 - Funkmaster Flex, American hip hop DJ
- 1968 - Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1968 - Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer
- 1968 - Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (d. 2007)
- 1968 - John Olerud, American baseball player
- 1967 - Matthew Caws, American singer (Nada Surf)
- 1966 - Jonathan Silverman, American actor
- 1965 - Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer
- 1965 - Scott William Winters, American actor
- 1964 - Adam Yauch (MCA), American rapper (Beastie Boys)
- 1962 - Patrick Ewing, American basketball player
- 1962 - Richard de Groen, New Zealand cricketer
- 1962 - Otis Thorpe, American basketball player
- 1961 - Tawny Kitaen, American actress
- 1961 - Mark O'Connor, American violinist
- 1961 - Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1960 - Seth Swirsky, American songwriter
- 1959 - Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive)
- 1959 - Pat Smear, American guitarist (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
- 1957 - Faith Prince, American actress
- 1957 - Clayton Rohner, American actor
- 1956 - Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian film director
- 1956 - Maureen McCormick, American actress
- 1953 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1953 - Samantha Sang, Australian singer
- 1952 - Louis Walsh, Irish music manager and talent show judge (X Factor)
- 1951 - John Jarratt, Australian actor
- 1948 - Carole Laure, French-Canadian actress
- 1948 - Ray Clemence, English footballer
- 1947 - Angry Anderson, Australian entertainer (Rose Tattoo)
- 1947 - Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
- 1947 - Rick Derringer, American guitarist and vocalist
- 1946 - Loni Anderson, American actress
- 1946 - Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
- 1946 - Ron Silliman, American poet
- 1946 - Erika Slezak, American actress
- 1943 - Nelson Briles, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1943 - Sammi Smith, American country singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
- 1941 - Bob Clark, American film director (d. 2007)
- 1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands
- 1937 - Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
- 1935 - John Saxon, American actor
- 1934 - Wendell Berry, American poet, writer and farmer
- 1934 - Karl Johan Ĺström, Control engineer and theorist
- 1930 - Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, the first man on the Moon
- 1930 - Michal Ková?, 1st President of Slovakia
- 1923 - Devan Nair, 3rd President of Singapore (d. 2005)
- 1922 - L. Tom Perry, American LDS apostle
- 1918 - Tom Drake, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1918 - Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)
- 1914 - David Brian, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1912 - Abbé Pierre, French Catholic priest (d. 2007)
- 1911 - Robert Taylor, American actor (d. 1969)
- 1910 - Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and music impresario (d. 1979)
- 1908 - Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
- 1906 - John Huston, American director (d. 1987)
- 1906 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
- 1906 - Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998)
- 1901 - Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (d. 2000)
- 1897 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)
- 1890 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 1956)
- 1890 - Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor (d. 1977)
- 1889 - Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)
- 1888 - Victor Francen, Belgian-born French-American actor (d. 1977)
- 1887 - Reginald Owen, English actor (d. 1972)
- 1877 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)
- 1872 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)
- 1866 - Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)
- 1866 - Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
- 1862 - Joseph Merrick, Englishman known as the "Elephant Man" (d. 1890)
- 1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French writer (d. 1893)
- 1833 - Carola of Vasa, Austrian-born Queen consort of Saxony, wife of King Albert of Saxony (d. 1907)
- 1828 - Louise of the Netherlands, Dutch-born queen consort of Sweden and Norway, wife of Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1871)
- 1827 - Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d. 1892)
- 1815 - Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901)
- 1813 - Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and language reformer (d. 1896)
- 1811 - Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)
- 1802 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829)
- 1694 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)
- 1662 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
- 1641 - John Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)
- 1623 - Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)
- 1461 - Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (d. 1506)
- 1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)