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- Advocate's Day (India)
- Christian Feast Day
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities (International)
- International Day of the Basque language
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- 2007 - Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, also closing a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
- 2005 - XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California.
- 1999 - NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
- 1999 - Six firefighters are killed in the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 1997 - In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign The Ottawa treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
- 1992 - UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, with the task of establishing peace and ensuring that humanitarian aid is distributed in Somalia.
- 1992 - The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruńa, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
- 1990 - At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing 7 passengers and 1 crew member aboard flight 1482.
- 1989 - Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the cold war between their nations may be coming to an end.
- 1984 - Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
- 1982 - A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
- 1979 - In Cincinnati, Ohio, eleven fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert .
- 1976 - An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, but plays a concert two days later.
- 1973 - Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
- 1971 - Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches pre-emptive strike against India and a full scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives.
- 1970 - October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de libération du Québec terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate his release and in return the Canadian government grants five terrorists from the FLQ's Chenier Cell their request for safe passage to Cuba.
- 1967 - At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
- 1964 - Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest at the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.
- 1959 - The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
- 1944 - Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
- 1929 - Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover announces to the U.S. Congress that the worst effects of the recent stock market crash are behind the nation and the American people have regained faith in the economy.
- 1917 - After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
- 1912 - Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with Turkey, ending the two-month long First Balkan War.
- 1912 - First Balkan War: The Naval Battle of Elli takes place.
- 1904 - The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
- 1901 - US President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking the Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
- 1854 - Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
- 1818 - Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
- 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French General Moreau defeats the Austrian Archduke John near Munich decisively, coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's victory at Marengo effectively forcing the Austrians to sign an armistice and ending the war.
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- 2005 - Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
- 1994 - Jake T. Austin, American actor
- 1992 - Joseph McManners, English actor
- 1987 - Michael Angarano, American actor
- 1987 - Brian Robiskie, American football player
- 1987 - Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
- 1986 - Radek Smole?ák, Czech hockey player
- 1985 - László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
- 1985 - Mike Randolph, American footballer
- 1985 - S?la ?ahin, German actress
- 1985 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress
- 1985 - Robert Swift, American basketball player
- 1985 - Marcus Williams, American basketball player
- 1984 - Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1983 - Sherri DuPree, American vocalist
- 1983 - Stephen Donald, New Zealand All Black rugby player
- 1982 - Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor
- 1982 - Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
- 1982 - Franco Sbaraglini, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
- 1982 - Manny Corpas, Panamanian baseball player
- 1981 - Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
- 1981 - David Villa, Spanish footballer
- 1981 - Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (d. 2010)
- 1981 - Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
- 1980 - Anna Chlumsky, American actress
- 1980 - Jenna Dewan, American actress
- 1980 - Jim Sorgi, American football player
- 1980 - Laryea Kingston, Ghanaian football player
- 1980 - Zlata Filipovi?, Bosnian Author
- 1979 - Daniel Bedingfield, English singer
- 1979 - Tiffany Haddish, American dancer, comedian & actress
- 1979 - Rainbow Sun Francks, Canadian actor
- 1979 - Rock Cartwright, American football player
- 1978 - Trina, American rapper
- 1978 - Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
- 1978 - Ji?í Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1977 - Chad Durbin, American baseball player
- 1977 - Adam Ma?ysz, Polish ski-jumper
- 1977 - Troy Evans, American football player
- 1976 - Gary Glover, American baseball player
- 1976 - Todd Smith, American Vocalist, Songwriter and Guitarist
- 1976 - Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1976 - Mark Boucher, South African cricketer
- 1976 - Cornelius Griffin, American football player
- 1976 - Silvia Fontana, Italian figure skater
- 1975 - Mickey Avalon, American rapper
- 1975 - Csaba Czébely, Hungarian drummer (Pokolgép)
- 1975 - Malinda Williams, American actress
- 1974 - Jason Morris, Canadian pop singer
- 1973 - Holly Marie Combs, American actress
- 1973 - MC Frontalot, Damian Hess, American rapper
- 1973 - Super Crazy, Mexican professional wrestler
- 1973 - Sammy Leung, Hong Kong disc jockey
- 1972 - Bucky Lasek, American skateboarder
- 1971 - Vernon White, American mixed martial artist
- 1971 - Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
- 1971 - Frank Sinclair, Jamaican footballer
- 1971 - Keegan Connor Tracy, Canadian actress
- 1970 - Paul Byrd, American baseball player
- 1970 - Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player
- 1970 - Christian Karembeu, French footballer
- 1970 - Lu Parker, American broadcast journalist and former beauty queen
- 1969 - Bill Steer, British guitarist
- 1968 - Brendan Fraser, American actor
- 1968 - Montell Jordan, American singer and record producer
- 1966 - Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer
- 1965 - Steve Harris, American actor
- 1965 - Andrew Stanton, American animator
- 1965 - Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- 1963 - Joe Lally, American musician (Fugazi)
- 1963 - Terri Schiavo, American right to die figure (d. 2005)
- 1961 - Adal Ramones, Mexican television host
- 1960 - Daryl Hannah, American actress
- 1960 - Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1960 - Julianne Moore, American actress
- 1960 - Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player
- 1959 - Eamonn Holmes, Northern Irish TV presenter
- 1957 - Valerie Quennessen, French actress (d. 1989)
- 1955 - Steven Culp, American actor
- 1955 - Warren Jeffs, American convicted polygamist
- 1954 - Grace Andreacchi, American author
- 1953 - Franz Klammer, Austrian skier
- 1952 - Benny Hinn, American televangelist
- 1952 - Mel Smith, English comedian
- 1951 - Riki Ch?sh?, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1951 - Rick Mears, American race car driver
- 1951 - John and Greg Rice, American twin actors
- 1951 - Nicky Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
- 1951 - Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (d. 1994)
- 1950 - Alberto Juantorena, Won gold in both the 400 and 800 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- 1949 - John Akii-Bua, Ugandan athlete (d. 1997)
- 1949 - Heather Menzies, American actress
- 1949 - Mickey Thomas, American singer (Jefferson Starship)
- 1948 - Ozzy Osbourne, English singer
- 1947 - Patricia Krenwinkel, American murderess
- 1946 - Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
- 1945 - Paul Nicholas English actor producer
- 1942 - Alice Schwarzer, German journalist
- 1940 - Jeffrey R. Holland, American religious leader
- 1938 - Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian politician (d. 1989)
- 1937 - Bobby Allison, American race car driver
- 1937 - Binod Bihari Verma, Indian linguist
- 1935 - Eddie Bernice Johnson, American politician
- 1934 - Nicolas Coster, American actor
- 1934 - Viktor Gorbatko, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1933 - Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1932 - Corry Brokken, Dutch singer
- 1931 - Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author
- 1931 - Jaye P. Morgan, American singer
- 1930 - Jean-Luc Godard, French film director
- 1927 - Andy Williams, American singer
- 1925 - Ferlin Husky, American singer
- 1925 - Kim Dae Jung, South Korean President, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
- 1924 - Roberto Mičres, Argentine racing driver
- 1924 - John Winter, Australian high jumper (d. 2007)
- 1924 - Francisco Sionil José, Filipino novelist, Philippine National Artist for Literature
- 1923 - Moyra Fraser, British actress
- 1923 - Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav football player (d. 2010)
- 1922 - Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer (d. 2006)
- 1921 - Phyllis Curtin, American soprano
- 1918 - Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (d. 2000)
- 1911 - Nino Rota, Italian composer (d. 1979)
- 1908 - Edward Underdown, English actor (d. 1989)
- 1900 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (d. 2004)
- 1900 - Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
- 1899 - Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965)
- 1895 - Anna Freud, Austrian-born British psychoanalyst (d. 1982)
- 1894 - Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian politician (d. 1975)
- 1888 - Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Chief Rabbi of Ireland and of Israel (d. 1959)
- 1887 - Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni of Japan (d. 1990)
- 1886 - Manne Siegbahn, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
- 1884 - Rajendra Prasad, first President of India (d. 1963)
- 1884 - Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1965)
- 1883 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer (d. 1945)
- 1880 - Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1875 - Max Meldrum, Scottish-born Australian painter (d. 1955)
- 1857 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British writer (d. 1924)
- 1842 - Phoebe Hearst, American socialite (d. 1919)
- 1842 - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist (d. 1899)
- 1842 - Ellen Swallow Richards, American scientist (d. 1911)
- 1838 - Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (d. 1916)
- 1838 - Octavia Hill, British housing and open-space activist (d. 1912)
- 1826 - George B. McClellan, American Civil War general (d. 1885)
- 1800 - France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (d. 1849)
- 1776 - Johann Spurzheim, German neuroscientist (d. 1832)
- 1755 - Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)
- 1729 - Antonio Soler, Spanish composer (d. 1783)
- 1684 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (d. 1754)
- 1596 - Nicolo Amati, Italian violin maker (d. 1684)
- 1560 - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)
- 1368 - King Charles VI of France (d. 1422)