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- Christian Feast day:
- Liberation Day or Dita e Çlirimit (Albania)
- Republic Day (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
- William Tubman's Birthday (Liberia)
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- 2007 - The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
- 2007 - A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affected the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad.
- 1990 - Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing "use all necessary means to uphold and implement" United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 "to restore international peace and security" if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
- 1987 - Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
- 1983 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
- 1972 - Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
- 1965 - Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
- 1963 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- 1963 - Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.
- 1961 - Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
- 1952 - Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
- 1950 - Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
- 1947 - The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine (The Partition Plan).
- 1945 - The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
- 1944 - The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
- 1944 - Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans.
- 1943 - The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, determining the post-war ordering of the country.
- 1934 - The Chicago Bears defeat the Detroit Lions 19-16 in the first nationally broadcast game.
- 1929 - U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
- 1922 - Howard Carter opens the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun to the public.
- 1915 - Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.
- 1913 - Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, the international organizing body of competitive fencing is founded in Paris, France.
- 1910 - The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest E. Sirrine.
- 1899 - Spanish football club FC Barcelona is founded by Joan Gamper.
- 1893 - Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
- 1890 - The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
- 1890 - At West Point, New York, the United States Naval Academy defeats the United States Military Academy 24-0 in the first Army–Navy football game.
- 1881 - The city of Spokan Falls (today Spokane, Washington) is officially incorporated as a city.
- 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
- 1872 - Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
- 1864 - Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – Confederate advance into Tennessee misses opportunity to crush Union army. Gen. Hood angered, leads to Battle of Franklin.
- 1850 - The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
- 1847 - Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
- 1845 - The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
- 1830 - November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
- 1807 - The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops.
- 1781 - The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea in order to claim insurance.
- 1777 - San Jose, California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
- 1394 - The Korean king Yi Song-gye, founder of the Joseon-Dynasty, moved the capital from Kaes?ng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
- 939 - Edmund was crowned as king of England as his half-brother Aethelstan died.
- 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
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- 1987 - Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
- 1985 - Shannon Brown, American basketball player
- 1984 - Sitti Navarro, Philippine bossa nova artist
- 1983 - Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 - Lucas Black, American actor
- 1982 - Ashley Force, American race car driver
- 1982 - János Balogh, Hungarian football player
- 1981 - Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor
- 1980 - Brian Wolfe, American baseball player
- 1980 - Chun Jung Myung, Korean actor
- 1979 - Simon Amstell, English comedian and television presenter
- 1979 - Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
- 1979 - Jayceon "The Game" Taylor, American rapper
- 1978 - Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born actress
- 1978 - Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player
- 1978 - Lauren German, American actress
- 1978 - Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1978 - Benjamín Vicuńa, Chilean actor
- 1977 - Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
- 1977 - Juan José Gurruchaga, Chilean actor
- 1976 - Anna Faris, American actress
- 1976 - Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
- 1976 - Ehren McGhehey, American actor
- 1976 - Lindsay Mintenko, American swimmer
- 1975 - Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
- 1974 - Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model
- 1974 - Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1973 - Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
- 1973 - Sarah Jones, American playwright
- 1972 - Brian Baumgartner, American actor
- 1972 - Larry Joe Campbell, American actor
- 1972 - Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player
- 1972 - Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
- 1971 - Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
- 1971 - Gregory Byrne, American college administrator
- 1971 - Brad May, Canadian hockey player
- 1970 - Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
- 1970 - Frank Delgado, American keyboardist (Deftones)
- 1969 - Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
- 1969 - Kasey Keller, American soccer player
- 1969 - Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
- 1968 - Jonathan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
- 1968 - Howard K. Stern, American attorney and reality TV personality
- 1966 - John Layfield, American professional wrestler
- 1965 - Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian
- 1965 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
- 1964 - Don Cheadle, American actor
- 1964 - Cork Graham, American journalist, actor and author
- 1964 - Tom Sizemore, American actor
- 1962 - Andy LaRocque Swedish musician (King Diamond)
- 1962 - Andrew McCarthy, American actor
- 1961 - Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician
- 1960 - Howard Johnson, American baseball player
- 1960 - Cathy Moriarty, American actress
- 1959 - Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
- 1959 - Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
- 1959 - Kim Delaney, American actress
- 1959 - Rich Camarillo, American football player
- 1959 - Richard Borcherds, Fields Medal winner
- 1958 - Michael Dempsey, English musician (The Cure)
- 1957 - Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security
- 1957 - Matthew Rubel, CEO of Collective Brands Licensing
- 1956 - Hinton Battle, American dancer
- 1956 - Leo Laporte, American television personality
- 1956 - Eric Laakso, American football player
- 1955 - C. David Johnson, Canadian actor
- 1955 - Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian
- 1954 - Joel Coen, American film director, producer, and writer
- 1954 - Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 2006)
- 1953 - Alex Grey, American artist
- 1953 - Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1952 - Jeff Fahey, American actor
- 1951 - Barry Goudreau, American musician (Boston)
- 1951 - Roger Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)
- 1949 - Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
- 1949 - Wayne Cowan, American wrestler
- 1949 - Jerry Lawler, American wrestler
- 1947 - Petra Kelly, German politician (d. 1992)
- 1947 - Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist
- 1946 - Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1946 - Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
- 1943 - Sue Miller, American author
- 1942 - Felix Cavaliere, American musician
- 1942 - Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss opera singer
- 1942 - Maggie Thompson, American magazine editor
- 1942 - Chatrichalerm Yukol, Thai film director
- 1941 - Bill Freehan, American baseball player
- 1940 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2007)
- 1940 - Chuck Mangione, American musician
- 1939 - Peter Bergman, American comedian
- 1939 - Domenico Monardo, American record producer
- 1938 - Gene Okerlund, American wrestling interviewer and announcer
- 1938 - Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (d. 1996)
- 1933 - John Mayall, British blues musician
- 1933 - James Rosenquist, American artist
- 1932 - Jacques Chirac, French politician
- 1932 - Diane Ladd, American actress
- 1931 - Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
- 1931 - André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
- 1930 - Shirley Porter, English politician
- 1928 - Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
- 1928 - Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Vin Scully, American baseball announcer
- 1926 - Tofik Bakhramov, Azerbaijani linesman (d. 1993)
- 1922 - Michael Howard, British born American historian
- 1922 - Minnie Mińoso, Cuban baseball player
- 1921 - Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)
- 1921 - Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone
- 1920 - Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician
- 1918 - Madeleine L'Engle, American author (d. 2007)
- 1917 - Merle Travis, American singer/guitarist (d. 1983)
- 1917 - Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French film director
- 1916 - Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1915 - Billy Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)
- 1910 - Antanas Šk?ma, Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director (d. 1961)
- 1908 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American civil rights leader and politician (d. 1972)
- 1908 - N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
- 1905 - Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1991)
- 1904 - Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
- 1901 - Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)
- 1899 - Andrija Artukovi?, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
- 1898 - C. S. Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)
- 1896 - Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)
- 1895 - Busby Berkeley, American film director and choreographer (d. 1976)
- 1895 - William Tubman, Liberian politician (d. 1971)
- 1894 - Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
- 1888 - Joe Slater, Australian Rules footballer (d. 1917)
- 1882 - Henri Fabre, Aviation Pioneer (d. 1984)
- 1881 - Artur Phleps, German Waffen-SS officer (d. 1944)
- 1881 - Julius Raab, Austrian politician (d. 1964)
- 1879 - Jacob Gade, Danish composer(d. 1963)
- 1876 - Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician (d. 1977)
- 1874 - Francis Dodd, British artist (d. 1949)
- 1874 - Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician, neurologist and Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
- 1857 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (d. 1911)
- 1856 - Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German statesman (d. 1921)
- 1849 - Sir John Ambrose Fleming, British physicist (d. 1945)
- 1835 - Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (d. 1908)
- 1832 - Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)
- 1825 - Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
- 1816 - Morrison Waite, American jurist (d. 1888)
- 1813 - Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
- 1803 - Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (d. 1853)
- 1803 - Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
- 1802 - Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and novelist (d. 1827)
- 1799 - Amos Bronson Alcott, American writer and educator (d. 1888)
- 1798 - Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
- 1797 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
- 1786 - Syed Ahmad Shaheed, Indian Muslim revolutionist killed by Sikh at Balakote.
- 1781 - Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)
- 1752 - Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (d. 1819)
- 1690 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
- 1627 - John Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)
- 1484 - Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)
- 1427 - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464)
- 1338 - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (d. 1368)