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- Christian Feast Day
- Flag Day (Curaçao)
- Independence Day (Bahia)
- Palio di Provenzano (Siena)
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- 2010 - The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people.
- 2008 - Ingrid Betancourt, and 14 other hostages held by FARC guerrillas, are rescued by the Colombian armed forces.
- 2004 - ASEAN Regional Forum accepts Pakistan as its 24th member.
- 2003 - Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, insults German MP Martin Schulz by calling him a "kapo" during a session of the European Parliament.
- 2002 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
- 2001 - The AbioCor self contained artificial heart is first implanted.
- 2000 - Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
- 1993 - 37 participants in an Alevi cultural and literary festival were killed when a mob of demonstrators set fire to their hotel in Sivas during a violent protest.
- 1976 - Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- 1966 - The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
- 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
- 1962 - The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
- 1950 - The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.
- 1940 - Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
- 1937 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
- 1934 - The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
- 1917 - The East St. Louis Riots end.
- 1900 - The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
- 1897 - Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
- 1890 - The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
- 1881 - Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.
- 1871 - Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
- 1853 - The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia--providing the spark that set off the Crimean War.
- 1839 - Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad.
- 1823 - Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
- 1777 - Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
- 1776 - The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
- 1698 - Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
- 1679 - Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
- 1644 - English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
- 1613 - The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place.
- 1582 - Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
- 1561 - Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
- 1555 - The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
- 1494 - The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
- 1298 - The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
- 963 - The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
- 706 - In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an.
- 626 - Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate.
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- 1992 - Madison Chock, American ice dancer
- 1988 - Lee Chung-Yong, South Korean footballer
- 1987 - Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakh model (d. 2008)
- 1986 - Brett Cecil, American baseball player
- 1986 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress
- 1985 - Chad Henne, American football player
- 1985 - Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
- 1985 - Corey Bringas, American actor
- 1985 - Jurgen Roelandts, Belgian cyclist
- 1985 - Rhett Bomar, American football player
- 1984 - Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
- 1984 - Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer
- 1984 - Johnny Weir, American figure skater
- 1983 - Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers)
- 1983 - Sammy J, Australian comedian
- 1981 - Nathan Ellington, English soccer player
- 1981 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American youth rights activist
- 1981 - Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1981 - Carlos Rogers, American football player
- 1981 - Aaron Voros, Canadian hockey player
- 1980 - Nicole Briscoe, American beauty queen and sports commentator
- 1980 - Nyjer Morgan, American baseball player
- 1979 - Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer
- 1979 - Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver
- 1979 - Joe Thornton, Canadian hockey player
- 1978 - Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician
- 1976 - Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
- 1976 - Tomáš Vokoun, Czech ice hockey player
- 1975 - Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin)
- 1975 - Éric Dazé, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player
- 1974 - Sean Casey, American baseball player
- 1974 - Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
- 1974 - Matthew Reilly, Australian author
- 1974 - Rocky Gray, American drummer and guitarist (Evanescence, Living Sacrifice)
- 1974 - Tim Christensen, Danish singer and multi-instrumentalist (Dizzy Mizz Lizzy)
- 1973 - Peter Kay, British comedian
- 1972 - Darren Shan, Irish children's author
- 1971 - Evelyn Lau, Canadian poet and novelist
- 1971 - Troy Brown, American football player
- 1971 - Bryan Redpath, Scottish rugby player
- 1970 - Yancy Butler, American actress
- 1970 - Colin Edwin, Australian bassist (Porcupine Tree)
- 1970 - Scotty 2 Hotty, American professional wrestler
- 1970 - Monie Love, English rapper
- 1970 - Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
- 1969 - Matthew Cox, American convicted felon
- 1969 - Tim Rodber, England rugby player
- 1964 - José Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
- 1964 - Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
- 1964 - Joe Magrane, American baseball player
- 1964 - Hisakatsu Oya, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1964 - Charles Robinson, American wrestling referee
- 1964 - Alan Tait, Scotland rugby player
- 1964 - Andrea Yates, American murderer
- 1963 - Mark Kermode, British film critic
- 1961 - Michael Lindsay, American voice actor
- 1961 - Samy Naceri, French actor
- 1960 - Terry Rossio, American screenwriter
- 1959 - Mike Hallett, English snooker player
- 1958 - Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop
- 1957 - Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Canadian pro wrestler
- 1956 - Jerry Hall, American actress
- 1955 - Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan actor
- 1955 - Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist
- 1954 - Pete Briquette, Irish bassist (The Boomtown Rats)
- 1953 - Mark Hart, American multi-instrumentalist (Crowded House, Supertramp)
- 1953 - Tony Armas, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1952 - Johnny Colla, American guitarist and saxophonist (Huey Lewis and the News)
- 1951 - Michele Santoro, Italian TV journalist
- 1951 - Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (d. 1997)
- 1949 - Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor
- 1949 - Robert Paquette, French-Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1949 - Roy Bittan, American keyboardist (E Street Band)
- 1948 - Saul Rubinek, Canadian actor
- 1948 - Gene McFadden, American songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1947 - Larry David, American television producer
- 1946 - Richard Axel, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
- 1946 - Ron Silver, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1943 - Walter Godefroot, Belgian cyclist
- 1942 - Vicente Fox, Mexican politician, 35th President of Mexico
- 1941 - Stéphane Venne, French-Canadian songwriter
- 1940 - Kenneth Clarke, British politician
- 1939 - John H. Sununu, White House Chief of Staff under George HW Bush
- 1939 - Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet
- 1939 - Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
- 1937 - Polly Holliday, American actress
- 1937 - Richard Petty, American race car driver
- 1934 - Tom Springfield, British singer and songwriter (The Springfields)
- 1933 - Kenny Wharram, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1932 - Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (Wendy's) (d. 2002)
- 1930 - Carlos Menem, Argentine politician, 50th President of Argentina
- 1929 - Imelda Marcos, Filipino First Lady, wife of Ferdinand Marcos
- 1929 - John A. Cade, American politician
- 1927 - Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1926 - Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (d. 1963)
- 1925 - Patrice Lumumba, 1st democratically elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo] (d. 1961)
- 1923 - Wis?awa Szymborska, Polish poet, Nobel laureate
- 1919 - Jean Craighead George, American writer
- 1918 - Wibo, Dutch cartoonist (d. 2005)
- 1917 - Murry Wilson, American songwriter and record producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1973)
- 1916 - Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
- 1916 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German combat pilot, the highest-decorated German soldier of WWII (d. 1982)
- 1915 - Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Italy-born British peer
- 1914 - Frederick Fennell, American conductor (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990)
- 1908 - Thurgood Marshall, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)
- 1906 - Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
- 1904 - René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman (d. 1996)
- 1903 - Alec Douglas-Home, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
- 1903 - King Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
- 1900 - Tyrone Guthrie, English actor (d. 1971)
- 1896 - Lydia Mei, Estonian painter (d. 1965)
- 1893 - Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center) (d. 1950)
- 1884 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (d. 1931)
- 1881 - Royal H. Weller, American politician (d. 1929)
- 1877 - Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)
- 1876 - Wilhelm Cuno, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933)
- 1865 - Lily Braun, German writer (d. 1916)
- 1862 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)
- 1849 - Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Czech-born Queen consort of Bavaria (d. 1919)
- 1821 - Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1915)
- 1820 - George Law Curry, American newspaper publisher and 5th and 7th Governor of the Oregon Territory (d. 1878)
- 1819 - Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900)
- 1724 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
- 1714 - Christoph Willibald von Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
- 1698 - Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780)
- 1667 - Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (d. 1740)
- 1665 - Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (d. 1726)
- 1647 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councilor (d. 1730)
- 1492 - Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)
- 1489 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1556)
- 1363 - Mary, Queen of Sicily and Duchess of Athens (d. 1401)
- 1262 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)
- 419 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d. 455)