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- Boganda Day (Central African Republic)
- Christian Feast Day
- Day of the Young Combatant, celebrated with civil disorder by leftists and anarchists. (Chile)
- Youth Day (Taiwan)
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- 2010 - Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
- 2008 - Thirty-five countries and over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time.
- 2004 - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
- 2004 - The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
- 1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the internet boom.
- 1993 - Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
- 1987 - WrestleMania III sets a world indoor attendance record at the Pontiac Silverdome with 93,173 fans.
- 1982 - The Telegu Desam Party (India's regional political party) was established by N. T. Rama Rao.
- 1982 - The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
- 1974 - NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
- 1973 - Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
- 1973 - Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
- 1971 - My Lai massacre: Lt. William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
- 1971 - A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
- 1961 - The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
- 1957 - The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run.
- 1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
- 1945 - World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
- 1942 - The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
- 1941 - The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
- 1941 - World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
- 1936 - In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
- 1930 - Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
- 1911 - The M1911 .45 ACP pistol became the official U.S. Army side arm.
- 1886 - Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1882 - The Knights of Columbus are established.
- 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
- 1871 - The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- 1867 - Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
- 1865 - American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
- 1857 - Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry revolts against the British rule in India and inspires a long-drawn War of Independence of 1857 also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
- 1849 - The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
- 1847 - Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
- 1831 - Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.
- 1809 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
- 1806 - Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
- 1799 - New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state.
- 1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
- 1638 - Swedish colonists establish the first settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
- 1632 - Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in .
- 1549 - The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
- 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
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- 1992 - Chris Massoglia, American actor
- 1991 - Hayley McFarland, American actress
- 1989 - James Tomkins, English footballer
- 1988 - Esther Cremer, German athlete
- 1988 - Jürgen Zopp, Estonian tennis player
- 1986 - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
- 1985 - Maxim Lapierre, Canadian ice hockey forward
- 1985 - Mickey Pimentel, National Football League linebacker
- 1984 - Juan Mónaco Argentine tennis player
- 1984 - Mai Satoda, Japanese singer
- 1983 - Luiza Sá, Brazilian musician
- 1982 - Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese artist
- 1981 - Megan Hilty, American actress
- 1981 - Jlloyd Samuel, West Indian-born footballer
- 1980 - Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan
- 1980 - Amy Mathews, Australian actress
- 1980 - China P. Arnold, American convicted murderer
- 1980 - Kim Tae Hee, South Korean actress
- 1978 - Pierre Faber, French-born German rugby player
- 1978 - Aaron Persico, New Zealand-born Italian rugby player
- 1976 - Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
- 1976 - Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
- 1974 - Kristoffer Cusick, American actor
- 1974 - Marc Gené, Spanish racing car driver
- 1974 - Rachel Jones, Radio Producer
- 1973 - Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer
- 1973 - Sebastiano Siviglia Italian footballer
- 1972 - Michel Ancel, French game designer
- 1972 - Rui Costa, Portugal footballer
- 1972 - Junichi Suwabe, Japanese voice actor
- 1971 - Robert Gibbs, American White House press secretary for President Barack Obama
- 1971 - Lara Logan, South-African journalist and reporter
- 1968 - Sue Foley, Canadian singer and guitarist
- 1968 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer
- 1967 - Brian Jordan, American baseball player
- 1967 - John Popper, American musician
- 1965 - William Oefelein, American astronaut
- 1965 - Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
- 1965 - Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist (d. 2005)
- 1965 - Jill Goodacre, American actress and model
- 1964 - Michael A. Jackson, American politician
- 1963 - Elle Macpherson, Australian model
- 1961 - Mike Kingery, American baseball player
- 1961 - Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
- 1961 - Gary Brabham, Australian racing driver
- 1959 - Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
- 1959 - Perry Farrell, American musician
- 1959 - Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1958 - Victor Salva, American film director
- 1957 - Christopher Lambert, French actor
- 1956 - Patty Donahue, American singer (d. 1996)
- 1956 - Stephen Cole, English journalist
- 1956 - Kurt Thomas, American gymnast
- 1955 - Earl Campbell, American football player
- 1955 - Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
- 1955 - Christopher Lawford, Irish actor
- 1955 - Marina Sirtis, English actress
- 1954 - Dianne Kay, American actress
- 1954 - Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. 1985)
- 1953 - Tõnis Palts, Estonian politician
- 1952 - Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer
- 1950 - Norman Snow, American actor
- 1949 - Keith Simpson, British politician
- 1949 - Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2007)
- 1949 - John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (d. 1979)
- 1949 - Dave Greenfield, English Keyboardist of The Stranglers
- 1948 - Bud Cort, American actor
- 1947 - Bobby Kimball, American singer
- 1946 - Billy Thorpe, Australian singer (d. 2007)
- 1945 - Walt Frazier, American basketball player
- 1944 - Terry Jacks, Canadian musician, songwriter, and activist
- 1944 - Denny McLain, American baseball player
- 1943 - Eric Idle, English actor, writer, and composer
- 1943 - Sir John Major, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1990-1997)
- 1943 - Vangelis, Greek musician and composer
- 1941 - Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist, Nobel laureate
- 1941 - Eden Kane, British singer
- 1940 - Ray Davis, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1940 - Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer
- 1939 - Terence Hill, Italian actor
- 1939 - Roland Arnall, American businessman and diplomat (d. 2008)
- 1937 - Billy Carter, brother of Jimmy Carter (d. 1988)
- 1936 - John A. Durkin, American politician
- 1936 - Judith Guest, American author
- 1936 - Mogens Camre, Danish politician
- 1934 - Paul Crouch, American televangelist
- 1933 - Jacques Brault, French Canadian poet
- 1931 - Sopubek Begaliev, Soviet-era economist and politician (d. 2002)
- 1931 - Aleksei Gubarev, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1931 - Norman Tebbit, British politician
- 1930 - Anerood Jugnauth, President of Mauritius
- 1929 - Lennart Meri, President of Estonia (d. 2006)
- 1929 - Richard Lewontin, American biologist
- 1929 - Utpal Dutt, Indian actor (d. 1993)
- 1928 - Vincent Gigante, American mafioso (d. 2005)
- 1927 - John McLaughlin, American political commentator
- 1927 - John Robert Vane, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
- 1920 - John Belk, American head of Belk, Inc. (d. 2007)
- 1920 - Theodore Trautwein, American judge (d. 2000)
- 1919 - Eileen Heckart, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1918 - Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (d. 1990)
- 1918 - Sam Walton, American businessman (d. 1992)
- 1917 - Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1947)
- 1916 - Eugene McCarthy, American politician (d. 2005)
- 1916 - Peter Geach, British philosopher
- 1914 - Phil Foster, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1913 - R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 2000)
- 1912 - Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (d. 1979)
- 1911 - Brigitte Horney, German actress (d. 1988)
- 1908 - Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1908 - Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (d. 1968)
- 1907 - "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1906 - E. Power Biggs American concert organist (d. 1977)
- 1905 - Philip Ahn, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1902 - Marcel Aymé, French writer (d. 1967)
- 1902 - William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
- 1902 - Don Miller, American college football player (d. 1979)
- 1901 - Andrija Maurovic, Croatian illustrator (d. 1981)
- 1900 - John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
- 1900 - Bill Aston, British racing driver (d. 1974)
- 1899 - Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (d. 1953)
- 1895 - Ernst Jünger, German author (d. 1998)
- 1892 - József Mindszenty, Hungarian Catholic cardinal (d. 1975)
- 1891 - Yvan Goll, French-German writer (d. 1950)
- 1891 - Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz) (d. 1980)
- 1889 - Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
- 1888 - Enea Bossi, Italian-American engineer and aviation pioneer (d. 1963)
- 1874 - Lou Hoover, First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)
- 1873 - Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician (d. 1941)
- 1870 - Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (d. 1904)
- 1869 - Aleš Hrdli?ka, Czech anthropologist living in the United States (d. 1943)
- 1867 - Cy Young, American baseball player (d. 1955)
- 1826 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
- 1824 - Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (d. 1899)
- 1816 - Tsultrim Gyatso, 10th Dalai Lama (d. 1837)
- 1799 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)
- 1790 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
- 1769 - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (d. 1851)
- 1746 - Carlo Buonaparte, father of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1785)
- 1713 - John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
- 1668 - Thomas Coram, Founder of the Foundling Hospital (d. 1751)
- 1602 - John Lightfoot, English churchman (d. 1675)
- 1584 - Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648)
- 1553 - Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet