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- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956.
- National Day (Oman)
- The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
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- 2004 - The Clinton Presidential Center is opened in Little Rock, Arkansas, containing 2 million photographs and 80 million documents.
- 2003 - In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective.
- 2003 - In a 50-page, 4–3 decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that the state may not "deny the protections, benefits and obligations conferred by civil marriage to two individuals of the same sex who wish to marry."
- 2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
- 1999 - In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when the 59-foot-tall (18 m) Aggie Bonfire, under construction for the annual football game against the University of Texas, collapses at 2:42am.
- 1993 - In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is ratified by the House of Representatives.
- 1993 - In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution.
- 1991 - Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
- 1991 - After the siege of Vukovar, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
- 1988 - War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
- 1987 - Iran-Contra Affair: The U.S. Congress issues its final report on the Iran-Contra Affair.
- 1987 - King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station at King's Cross St Pancras.
- 1978 - Jonestown incident: In Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple cult to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
- 1970 - U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million USD in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
- 1967 - The United Kingdom government devalued the Pound sterling from $2.80 to £2.40.
- 1963 - The first push-button telephone goes into service.
- 1961 - United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
- 1949 - The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu, Nigeria strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
- 1947 - The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41 (New Zealand's worst ever fire).
- 1943 - World War II: Battle of Berlin: 440 Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
- 1940 - New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
- 1940 - World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Greece.
- 1938 - Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
- 1930 - S?ka Ky?iku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda.
- 1929 - 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
- 1928 - Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
- 1926 - George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize."
- 1918 - Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
- 1916 - World War I: First Battle of the Somme ends – In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
- 1909 - Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
- 1905 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
- 1904 - General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup.
- 1903 - The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
- 1883 - American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
- 1865 - Mark Twain's story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is published in the New York Saturday Press.
- 1863 - King Christian IX of Denmark decides to sign the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
- 1809 - In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.
- 1803 - The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
- 1793 - The Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
- 1730 - Frederick II (Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement.
- 1686 - Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.
- 1626 - St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
- 1494 - French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy.
- 1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
- 1477 - William Caxton produces Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, the first book printed on a printing press in England.
- 1421 - A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people.
- 1307 - William Tell shoots an apple off his son's head.
- 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam (One Faith).
- 1210 - Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV
- 1105 - Maginulf elected the Antipope Sylvester the IV.
- 794 - Japanese Emperor Kammu allocates residence of Nara, Nara to Kyoto.
- 326 - Old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
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- 1997 - Noah Ringer, American actor
- 1992 - Nathan Kress, American actor
- 1991 - Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player
- 1988 - Montanna Thompson, English actress
- 1986 - Nic Sampson, New Zealand actor
- 1985 - Christian Siriano, American fashion designer
- 1984 - Ryohei Chiba, Japanese singer (w-inds.)
- 1984 - Johnny Christ, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
- 1983 - Travis Buck, American baseball player
- 1983 - Jon Johansen, Norwegian software developer
- 1982 - Greg Estandia, American football player
- 1981 - Christina Vidal, American actress
- 1981 - Gian Magdangal, Filipino singer and actor
- 1981 - Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-born American comedienne (Saturday Night Live)
- 1981 - Shin Ji, Korean singer
- 1980 - Junichi Okada, Japanese singer (V6)
- 1980 - Denny Hamlin, American race car driver
- 1980 - Dustin Kensrue, American singer (Thrice)
- 1980 - François Duval, Belgian rally driver
- 1980 - Luke Chadwick, English footballer
- 1980 - Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress/singer
- 1978 - Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer
- 1977 - Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1977 - Fabolous, American rapper
- 1977 - Charles A. Lee, American athlete
- 1976 - Shagrath, Norwegian singer (Dimmu Borgir)
- 1976 - Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress
- 1976 - Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
- 1975 - David Ortiz, Dominican baseball player
- 1975 - Jason Williams, American basketball player
- 1975 - Anthony McPartlin, British actor, television presenter and musician
- 1975 - Pastor Troy, American rapper
- 1975 - Shawn Camp, American baseball player
- 1974 - Chloë Sevigny, American actress
- 1973 - Nic Pothas, South African/English wicket-keeper
- 1972 - Jessi Alexander, American country music singer/songwriter
- 1970 - Elizabeth Anne Allen, American actress
- 1970 - Mike Epps, American comedian
- 1970 - Megyn Kelly, American television news anchor
- 1970 - Johan Liiva, Sweden vocalist (Arch Enemy)
- 1970 - Peta Wilson, Australian actress
- 1969 - Sam Cassell, American basketball player
- 1969 - Duncan Sheik, American singer
- 1969 - Ahmed Helmi, Egyptian actor
- 1968 - Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and manager
- 1968 - Romany Malco, American actor and music producer
- 1968 - Gary Sheffield, American baseball player
- 1968 - Owen Wilson, American actor
- 1967 - Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Tim DeLaughter, American musician (Tripping Daisy, The Polyphonic Spree)
- 1964 - Rita Cosby, American journalist
- 1963 - Dante Bichette, American baseball player
- 1963 - Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer
- 1963 - Len Bias, American basketball player (d. 1986)
- 1962 - Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica)
- 1962 - Jamie Moyer, American baseball player
- 1960 - Kim Wilde, British singer
- 1960 - Elizabeth Perkins, American actress
- 1959 - Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
- 1958 - Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine football manager
- 1958 - Plamen Krastev, Bulgarian hurdler
- 1958 - Oscar Nunez, Cuban American actor
- 1957 - Seán Mac Falls, Irish-born poet
- 1956 - Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1995)
- 1956 - Warren Moon, American football player
- 1955 - Carter Burwell, American composer
- 1954 - John Parr, British pop singer
- 1954 - Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer
- 1953 - Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist
- 1953 - Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor
- 1952 - Delroy Lindo, British actor
- 1952 - Peter Beattie, Australian politician
- 1951 - Justin Raimondo, American author
- 1950 - Dennis Haskins, American actor
- 1950 - Graham Parker, English singer
- 1950 - Rudy Sarzo, Cuban musician (Quiet Riot)
- 1950 - Eric Pierpoint, American actor
- 1949 - Ahmad Zaki, Egyptian actor (d. 2005)
- 1948 - Andrea Marcovicci, American singer and actress
- 1948 - Jack Tatum, American football player (d. 2010)
- 1947 - Jameson Parker, American actor
- 1946 - Alan Dean Foster, American author
- 1945 - Wilma Mankiller, Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 2010)
- 1944 - Wolfgang Joop, German artist and fashion designer
- 1943 - Leonardo Sandri, Argentine Prefect
- 1942 - Linda Evans, American actress
- 1942 - Susan Sullivan, American actress
- 1941 - David Hemmings, British actor (d. 2003)
- 1940 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
- 1939 - Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer
- 1939 - Amanda Lear, French musician and model
- 1939 - Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
- 1936 - Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1995)
- 1936 - Ennio Antonelli, Italian cardinal and President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
- 1935 - Rudolf Bahro, German dissident (d. 1997)
- 1935 - Rodney Hall, Australian author
- 1934 - Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador
- 1932 - Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver (d. 1973)
- 1928 - Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer
- 1928 - Salvador Laurel, Filipino politician (d. 2004)
- 1927 - Hank Ballard, American musician (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Gene Mauch, American baseball manager (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Scottish jurist (d. 2000)
- 1924 - Les Lye, Canadian actor (d. 2009)
- 1923 - Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)
- 1923 - Ted Stevens, American politician (d. 2010)
- 1922 - Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan president (d. 1967)
- 1920 - Mustafa Khalil, Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008)
- 1919 - Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1918 - Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II figure (d. 2007)
- 1917 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)
- 1915 - Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1969)
- 1913 - Endre Rozsda, French surrealist painter (d. 1999)
- 1911 - Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (d. 2000)
- 1909 - Johnny Mercer, American lyricist (d. 1976)
- 1908 - Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (d. 2001)
- 1907 - Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (d. 1998)
- 1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
- 1906 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer (d. 1988)
- 1906 - Klaus Mann, German writer (d. 1949)
- 1906 - George Wald, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997)
- 1904 - Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (d. 1990)
- 1901 - George Gallup, American statistician and pollster (d. 1984)
- 1901 - V. Shantaram, Indian filmmaker and actor (d. 1984)
- 1899 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born conductor (d. 1985)
- 1898 - Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (d. 1989)
- 1897 - Patrick Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
- 1889 - Stanislav Kosior, Soviet politician (d. 1939)
- 1886 - Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian Communist politician (d. 1967)
- 1883 - Carl Vinson, American politician (d. 1981)
- 1882 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (d. 1963)
- 1882 - Jacques Maritain, French philosopher (d. 1973)
- 1874 - Clarence Day, American author (d. 1935)
- 1861 - Dorothy Dix, American journalist (d. 1951)
- 1856 - Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1929)
- 1839 - August Kundt, German physicist (d. 1894)
- 1836 - Sir William S. Gilbert, British dramatist (d. 1911)
- 1832 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-born Swedish explorer (d. 1901)
- 1810 - Asa Gray, American botanist (d. 1888)
- 1804 - Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878)
- 1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851)
- 1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (d. 1826)
- 1785 - David Wilkie, British artist (d. 1841)
- 1774 - Wilhelmine of Prussia (d. 1837)
- 1772 - Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (d. 1806)
- 1756 - Thomas Burgess, English author, philosopher, and religious figure (d. 1837)
- 1727 - Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)
- 1647 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706)
- 1630 - Empress Eleanor Gonzaga of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)
- 1522 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)