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- Christian Feast Day:
- Culture Day, (Japan), and its related observances:
Feudal Lord's Parade or Hakone Daimy? Gy?retsu (Hakone, Kanagawa)
- Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
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- 2007 - Pervez Musharraf declares emergency rule across Pakistan. He suspends the Constitution, imposes a State of Emergency, and fires the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
- 1997 - The United States of America imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
- 1996 - Death of Abdullah Çatl?, leader of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Grey Wolves in the Susurluk car-crash, which leads to the resignation of the Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet A?ar (a leader of the True Path Party, DYP).
- 1988 - Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries try to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the coup attempt within 24 hours.
- 1986 - Iran-Contra Affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
- 1986 - The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America.
- 1982 - The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000 people.
- 1979 - Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
- 1978 - Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1973 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
- 1969 - Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
- 1964 - Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.
- 1957 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
- 1944 - World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
- 1943 - World War II: 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany.
- 1942 - World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
- 1935 - George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular plebiscite.
- 1930 - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
- 1918 - Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
- 1918 - Poland declares its independence from Russia.
- 1913 - The United States introduces an income tax.
- 1911 - Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
- 1905 - Czar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for political prisoners.
- 1903 - With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
- 1883 - American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves a clue that eventually leads to his capture.
- 1867 - Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).
- 1848 - A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.
- 1838 - The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
- 1817 - The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.
- 1812 - Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma
- 1793 - French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
- 1783 - John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
- 1783 - The American Continental Army is disbanded.
- 1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
- 1468 - Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
- 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina.
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- 1990 - Ellyse Perry, Australian footballer and cricketer
- 1989 - Paula DeAnda, American singer
- 1988 - Angus McLaren, Australian actor
- 1987 - Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player
- 1987 - Gemma Ward, Australian model
- 1986 - Paul Derbyshire, Italian rugby player
- 1986 - Heo Young Saeng, Korean singer (SS501)
- 1985 - Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player
- 1984 - Ryo Nishikido, Japanese idol (NEWS, Kanjani Eight)
- 1984 - Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver
- 1983 - Suzane von Richthofen, Brazilian murderess
- 1983 - Julie Marie Berman, American actress
- 1982 - Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater
- 1981 - Sten Pentus, Estonian racing driver
- 1979 - Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
- 1979 - Beau McDonald, Australian footballer
- 1979 - Tim McIlrath, American musician (Rise Against)
- 1978 - Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player
- 1978 - Koshiro Take, Japanese jockey
- 1978 - Julia Taylor, European pornographic actress
- 1977 - Aria Giovanni, American model
- 1976 - T?ko Aoyama, Japanese voice actress
- 1976 - Guillermo Franco, Argentine/Mexican footballer
- 1976 - Jake Shimabukuro, American ukulele player
- 1975 - Darren Sharper, American football player
- 1974 - Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player
- 1974 - Sonali Kulkarni, Indian actress
- 1973 - Kirk Jones, American musician
- 1973 - Nemone, British athlete and broadcaster
- 1973 - Mick Thomson, American guitarist (Slipknot)
- 1973 - Ben Fogle, TV personality, writer and broadcaster
- 1972 - Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer
- 1971 - Dylan Moran, Irish comedian
- 1971 - Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver
- 1971 - Dwight Yorke, Trinidad and Tobago footballer
- 1969 - Robert Miles, Swiss record producer and musician
- 1969 - Tommy Tiernan, Irish comedian
- 1968 - Paul Quantrill, Canadian baseball player
- 1967 - John Tomac, American cyclist
- 1967 - Steven Wilson, English musician (Porcupine Tree)
- 1967 - Mike O'Neill, Canadian hockey player
- 1965 - Ann Scott, French novelist
- 1964 - Paprika Steen, Danish actress
- 1963 - Ian Wright, English footballer
- 1963 - Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese racing driver
- 1962 - Jacqui Smith, British politician
- 1962 - Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve Corporation
- 1960 - Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player
- 1959 - Hal Hartley, American film director and writer
- 1957 - Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor
- 1957 - Gary Olsen, British actor (d. 2000)
- 1956 - Kevin Murphy, American actor and puppeteer
- 1956 - Gary Ross, American film director
- 1956 - Bob Welch, American baseball player
- 1955 - Teresa De Sio, Italian singer-songwriter
- 1955 - Phil Simms, American football player
- 1954 - Adam Ant, English singer
- 1953 - Kate Capshaw, American actress
- 1953 - Helios Creed, American musician (Chrome)
- 1953 - Larry Herndon, American baseball player
- 1953 - Dennis Miller, American comedian
- 1952 - Roseanne Barr, American actress and comedian
- 1952 - Jim Cummings, American voice actor
- 1952 - David Ho, Taiwanese-American AIDS researcher
- 1951 - Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist
- 1951 - Dwight Evans, American baseball player
- 1950 - Joe Queenan, American writer
- 1950 - Massimo Mongai, Italian writer
- 1949 - Larry Holmes, American boxer
- 1949 - Anna Wintour, English-born American magazine editor
- 1949 - Mike Evans, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1948 - Lulu, British actress and singer
- 1948 - Takashi Kawamura, Japanese politician
- 1948 - Helmut Koinigg, Austrian racing driver (d. 1974)
- 1948 - Rick Kreuger, American baseball player
- 1947 - Mazie Hirono, American politician
- 1946 - Tom Savini, American actor
- 1946 - Wataru Takeshita, Japanese politician
- 1945 - Ken Holtzman, American baseball player and manager
- 1945 - Gerd Müller, German footballer
- 1945 - J. D. Souther, American country-rock singer
- 1943 - Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician
- 1938 - Takao Saito, Japanese mangaka
- 1938 - Martin Dunwoody, British mathematician
- 1938 - Akira Kobayashi, Japanese singer
- 1938 - Jean Rollin, French director and screenwriter
- 1937 - Dietrich Möller, German politician
- 1936 - Roy Emerson, Australian tennis player
- 1934 - Ruma Guha Thakurta, Indian singer and actress
- 1933 - Ken Berry, American actor
- 1933 - John Barry, English composer
- 1933 - Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1933 - Aneta Corsaut, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1933 - Michael Dukakis, American politician
- 1933 - Amartya Sen, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1931 - Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Monica Vitti, Italian actress
- 1931 - Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (d. 2007)
- 1930 - D. James Kennedy, American theologian (d. 2007)
- 1930 - Peggy McCay, American actress
- 1930 - Brian Robinson, British cyclist
- 1930 - Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer
- 1930 - Lois Smith, American actress
- 1930 - Frits Staal, Dutch-American scholar
- 1928 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (d. 1989)
- 1928 - Goseki Kojima, Japanese manga artist (d. 2000)
- 1927 - Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (McCain Foods) (d. 2004)
- 1926 - Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian politician, former President
- 1926 - Maurice Couture, French-Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop
- 1924 - Samuel Ruiz García, Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
- 1923 - Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish cardinal (d. 1990)
- 1923 - Yamaguchi Hitomi, Japanese novelist and essayst (d. 1995)
- 1922 - Dennis McDermott, Canadian trade unionist (d. 2003)
- 1921 - Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer (d. 1993)
- 1919 - Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (d. 1995)
- 1919 - Ludovic Kennedy, British broadcaster and political activist (d. 2009)
- 1918 - Claude Barma, French director and screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1918 - Bob Feller, American baseball player
- 1918 - Raimon Panikkar, Spanish theologian (d. 2010)
- 1918 - Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American Brigadier General (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Russell B. Long, American politician (d. 2003)
- 1918 - Dean Riesner, American film and television writer (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Hal Jackson, American radio personality
- 1912 - Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan politician (d. 2006)
- 1910 - Richard Hurndall, British actor (d. 1984)
- 1909 - James Reston, American journalist (d. 1995)
- 1908 - Bronko Nagurski, American football player (d. 1990)
- 1903 - Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975)
- 1901 - Leopold III of Belgium (d. 1983)
- 1901 - André Malraux, French writer (d. 1976)
- 1900 - Adolf Dassler, German sporting goods executive (d. 1978)
- 1899 - Rezs? Seress, Hungarian singer songwriter (d. 1968)
- 1899 - Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-born Italian physicist (d. 1986)
- 1896 - Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (d. 1970)
- 1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1894 - William George Barker, Canadian First World War fighter ace (d. 1930)
- 1893 - Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986)
- 1890 - Harry Stephen Keeler, American author (d. 1967)
- 1890 - Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest (d. 1943)
- 1887 - Samuil Marshak, Russian writer and children's poet (d. 1964)
- 1884 - Joseph W. Martin, Jr., American politician, 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1968)
- 1877 - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean president. (d. 1960)
- 1876 - Stephen Peter Alencastre, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1940)
- 1871 - Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby league footballer (d. 1943)
- 1863 - Alfred Perot, French physicist (d. 1925)
- 1862 - Henry George, Jr., American politician (d. 1916)
- 1857 - Mikhail Alekseev, Russian general (d. 1918)
- 1856 - Jim McCormick, American baseball player (d. 1918)
- 1852 - Emperor Meiji, 122nd Emperor of Japan (d. 1912)
- 1845 - Edward Douglass White, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921)
- 1816 - Jubal Early, American Confederate general (d. 1894)
- 1816 - Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (d. 1898)
- 1815 - John Mitchel, Irish nationalist (d. 1875)
- 1801 - Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher (d. 1859)
- 1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
- 1799 - William Sprague III, American politician (d. 1856)
- 1794 - William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878)
- 1793 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d. 1836)
- 1757 - Robert Smith, American politician, 2nd Secretary of the Navy and 6th Secretary of State (d. 1842)
- 1749 - Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819)
- 1718 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (d. 1792)
- 1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714)
- 1618 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1707)
- 1604 - Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1622)
- 1587 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)
- 1560 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)
- 1558 - Thomas Kyd, English author (d. 1594)
- 1500 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d. 1571)
- 39 - Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65)