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- Christian Feast Day
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of (Nauru) from Australia in 1968.
- World Leprosy Day (International)
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- 1990 - The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow.
- 1865 - American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, abolishing slavery, submitting it to the states for ratification.
- 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England.
- 2009 - In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
- 2007 - Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq.
- 2003 - The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.
- 2001 - In the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
- 2000 - Alaska Airlines flight 261 MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 persons aboard.
- 1996 - An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400.
- 1995 - President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.
- 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission – Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
- 1971 - The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begin in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1968 - Viet Cong attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
- 1968 - Nauru gains independence from Australia.
- 1966 - The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
- 1961 - Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2 – Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
- 1958 - James Van Allen discovers the Van Allen radiation belt.
- 1958 - Explorer program: Explorer 1 – The first successful launch of an American satellite into orbit.
- 1957 - Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
- 1953 - A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands.
- 1950 - President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
- 1946 - Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
- 1945 - US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
- 1944 - World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
- 1944 - World War II: During Anzio campaign 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
- 1943 - German Field Marshall Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of World War II's fiercest battles.
- 1942 - World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to the island of Singapore.
- 1930 - 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.
- 1929 - The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.
- 1919 - The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1918 - A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
- 1917 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare.
- 1915 - World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russia
- 1900 - Datu Muhammad Salleh is assassinated in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion
- 1891 - The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
- 1876 - The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.
- 1867 - Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Karam leaves Lebanon on board a French ship for Algeria
- 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
- 1862 - Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch telescope now located at Northwestern University.
- 1849 - Corn Laws are abolished in the United Kingdom (following legislation in 1846).
- 1848 - John C. Fremont is court-martialed on grounds of mutiny and disobeying orders.
- 1846 - After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unified as the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- 1814 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.
- 1747 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
- 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon.
- 314 - Silvester I begins his reign as Pope of the Catholic Church, succeeding Pope Miltiades.
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- 1992 - Tyler Seguin, Canadian hockey player
- 1990 - Nicolò De Cesare, Italian footballer
- 1990 - Jacopo Fortunato, Italian footballer
- 1990 - Kota Yabu, Japanese actor and singer
- 1987 - Raúl Richter, German actor
- 1987 - Kenny McKinley, American football player (d. 2010)
- 1986 - Yves Makabu-Makalambay, Belgian footballer
- 1985 - Adam Federici, Australian footballer
- 1985 - Kalomoira, Greek singer
- 1985 - Mario Williams, American football player
- 1984 - Vernon Davis, American football player
- 1984 - Jeremy Wariner, American track and field athlete
- 1984 - Alessandro Zanni, Italian rugby player
- 1983 - James Sutton, British television actor
- 1983 - Tom Vangeneugden, Belgian swimmer
- 1982 - Yuniesky Betancourt, Cuban baseball player
- 1982 - Andreas Görlitz, German football player
- 1982 - Allan McGregor, Scottish football player
- 1982 - Bruno Nogueira, Portuguese actor, comedian and TV host
- 1982 - Elena Paparizou, Greek singer
- 1982 - J?nis Sprukts, Latvian hockey player
- 1982 - Brad Thompson, American baseball player
- 1981 - Julio Arca, Argentinian football player
- 1981 - Amrita Arora, Indian actress
- 1981 - Justin Timberlake, American singer
- 1980 - James Adomian, American actor
- 1980 - Tiffany Limos, American actress
- 1979 - Daniel Tammet, British autistic savant
- 1978 - Fabián Caballero, Argentine footballer
- 1978 - Brad Rutter, American game show contestant
- 1978 - Ray Shah, Irish radio presenter
- 1978 - Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, English noble
- 1977 - Jim Kleinsasser, American football player
- 1977 - Bobby Moynihan, American comedian (Saturday Night Live)
- 1977 - Kate Shindle, American actress
- 1977 - Kerry Washington, American actress
- 1977 - Mark Dutiaume, Canadian hockey player
- 1977 - Shingo Katori, Japanese actor and singer (SMAP)
- 1976 - Traianos Dellas, Greek footballer
- 1976 - Tyrone Nesby, American basketball player
- 1976 - Buddy Rice, American race car driver
- 1976 - Paul Scheer, American comedian and actor
- 1975 - Fred Coleman, American football player
- 1975 - Jackie O, Australian radio host
- 1975 - Preity Zinta, Indian actress
- 1974 - Wil Anderson, Australian comedian
- 1974 - Othella Harrington, American basketball player
- 1974 - Ariel Pestano, Cuban baseball player
- 1973 - Portia de Rossi, Australian actress
- 1971 - Lee Young Ae, South Korean actress
- 1971 - Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian
- 1971 - Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer
- 1971 - Patricia Velásquez, Venezuelan actress and model
- 1970 - Minnie Driver, British actress
- 1970 - Danny Michel, Canadian Musician
- 1968 - Matt King, British actor and comedian
- 1968 - Patrick Stevens, Belgian athlete
- 1967 - Chad Channing, American musician
- 1967 - Fat Mike, American musician
- 1967 - Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress
- 1967 - Joey Wong, Taiwanese actress
- 1966 - Dr Umar Alisha, Indian Sufi master
- 1966 - Dexter Fletcher, English actor
- 1964 - Sylvie Bernier, Quebec diver
- 1964 - Jeff Hanneman, American musician (Slayer)
- 1964 - Billey Shamrock, Swedish singer
- 1962 - Sophie Muller, British music video director
- 1961 - Lloyd Cole, British singer
- 1960 - Grant Morrison, British comic author
- 1959 - Anthony LaPaglia, Australian actor
- 1959 - Kelly Lynch, American actress
- 1959 - Kelly Moore, American stock car driver
- 1957 - Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer
- 1956 - John Lydon, English singer (Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd.)
- 1954 - Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch musician (Whitesnake)
- 1952 - Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (d. 1969)
- 1951 - Dave Benton, Aruban singer
- 1951 - Harry Wayne Casey, American singer and musician (KC and the Sunshine Band)
- 1951 - Phil Manzanera, English guitarist (Roxy Music, Quiet Sun, 801)
- 1950 - Alexander Korzhakov, Soviet bodyguard for Boris Yeltsin
- 1949 - Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and sports journalist
- 1949 - Ken Wilber, American author
- 1948 - Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician
- 1947 - Jonathan Banks, American actor
- 1947 - Elena Nathanael, Greek actress (d. 2008)
- 1947 - Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
- 1946 - Terry Kath, American musician (Chicago) (d. 1978)
- 1946 - Glynn Turman, American actor
- 1945 - Joseph Kosuth, American conceptual artist
- 1944 - Charlie Musselwhite, American musician
- 1942 - Daniela Bianchi, Italian actress
- 1942 - Derek Jarman, British director and writer (d. 1994)
- 1941 - Richard A. Gephardt, American politician
- 1941 - Jessica Walter, American actress
- 1940 - Kitch Christie, South African rugby union coach (d. 1998)
- 1939 - Claude Gauthier, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1938 - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- 1938 - James G. Watt, American politician
- 1937 - Philip Glass, American composer
- 1937 - Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (d. 2008)
- 1937 - Regimantas Adomaitis, Lithuanian actor
- 1937 - Andrée Boucher, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
- 1935 - Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese writer, Nobel laureate
- 1934 - James Franciscus, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1934 - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
- 1933 - Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1997)
- 1933 - Bernardo Provenzano, Sicilian organized crime figure
- 1931 - Ernie Banks, American baseball player
- 1931 - Christopher Chataway, English athlete, newscaster and politician
- 1930 - Joakim Bonnier, Swedish racecar driver (d. 1972)
- 1930 - Lynn Carlin, American actress
- 1929 - Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1929 - Jean Simmons, English American actress (d. 2010)
- 1928 - Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (d. 1958)
- 1927 - Norm Prescott, American animation producer (d. 2005)
- 1926 - Tom Alston, American baseball player (d. 1993)
- 1925 - Benjamin Hooks, American civil rights leader
- 1923 - Norman Mailer, American writer and journalist (d. 2007)
- 1922 - Joanne Dru, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1921 - John Agar, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1921 - Carol Channing, American actress and singer
- 1921 - E. Fay Jones, American architect (d. 2004)
- 1921 - Mario Lanza, American singer (d. 1959)
- 1920 - Stewart Udall, American politician (d. 2010)
- 1920 - Bert Williams, English footballer
- 1919 - Jackie Robinson, American baseball player (d. 1972)
- 1915 - Alan Lomax, American musicologist (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Thomas Merton, American author and monk (d. 1968)
- 1915 - Garry Moore, American comedian (d. 1993)
- 1914 - Carey Loftin, American actor and stuntman (d. 1997)
- 1914 - Sri Daya Mata, Indian religious figure
- 1914 - Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (d. 1994)
- 1913 - Don Hutson, American football player (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Eddie Byrne, British actor (d. 1981)
- 1905 - John O'Hara, American writer (d. 1970)
- 1902 - Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)
- 1902 - Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
- 1896 - Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1966)
- 1894 - Isham Jones, American musician (d. 1956)
- 1892 - Eddie Cantor, American actor and singer (d. 1964)
- 1889 - Frank Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958)
- 1884 - Theodor Heuss, German statesman (d. 1963)
- 1881 - Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
- 1881 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931)
- 1872 - Zane Grey, American novelist (d. 1939)
- 1868 - Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1928)
- 1865 - Henri Desgrange, French sports figure and journalist (d. 1940)
- 1865 - Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1951)
- 1857 - George Jackson Churchward, British railroad engineer. (d. 1933)
- 1835 - King William Charles Lunalilo of Hawai?i (d. 1874)
- 1820 - William B. Washburn, 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887)
- 1797 - Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (d. 1828)
- 1759 - François Devienne, French composer (d. 1803)
- 1752 - Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (d. 1816)
- 1686 - Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)
- 1673 - Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint (d. 1716)
- 1624 - Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher (d. 1669)
- 1597 - John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)
- 1550 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)
- 1543 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)
- 1512 - King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)
- 877 - Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)
- -36 - Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor (d. 38 AD)