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Events
3114 BC - According to the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started.
394 - Battle of the Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish magister militum Arbogast.
1522 - The Victoria, one of the surviving ships of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
1620 - The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America.
1628 - Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1669 - The siege of Candia ends with the Venetian fortress surrendering to the Ottomans
1776 - Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6000.
1781 - The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British victory.
1847 - Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
1861 - American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River.
1863 - American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
1870 - Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
1885 - Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.
1888 - Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season - a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).
1901 - Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
1930 - Fascist, nationalist and conservative groups overthrow democratic government in Argentina.
1937 - Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.
1939 - World War II: The Battle of Barking Creek.
1939 - World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
1940 - King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
1944 - World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by allied forces.
1948 - Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.
1949 - Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
1949 - A former sharpshooter in World War II, Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey, with a souvenir Luger to become the first U.S. single-episode mass murderer.
1952 - Canada's first television station, CBFT-TV, opens in Montreal.
1963 - The Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
1965 - War of 1965: India attacks Pakistan and announces that its forces will capture Lahore (city of Pakistan) in an hour.
1966 - In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
1968 - Swaziland becomes independent.
1970 - Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
1976 - Cold War: Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States.
1983 - The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Flight KAL-007, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.
1985 - Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
1986 - In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
1991 - The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1991 - The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.
1995 - Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played record.
1995 - With the jury absent, Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman invokes his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson.
1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales is laid to rest in front of a television audience of more than 2.5 billion.
2000 - The Millennium Summit takes place.
2003 - Tropical Depression 9 formed in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean, later to become Hurricane Isabel, the 9th named storm of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.

[edit] Births
1535 - Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (d. 1612)
1620 - Isabella Leonarda, Italian composer (d. 1704)
1656 - Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1723)
1666 - Tsar Ivan V of Russia (d. 1696)
1711 - Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787)
1732 - Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (d. 1796)
1729 - Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher (d. 1786)
1757 - Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier and statesman (d. 1834)
1766 - John Dalton, British chemist and physicist (d. 1844)
1781 - Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher and composer (d. 1858)
1795 - Frances Wright, English writer and lecturer (d. 1852)
1800 - Catharine Beecher, American educator (d. 1878)
1802 - Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (d. 1857)
1808 - Abd al-Qadir, Algerian political and military leader (d. 1883)
1814 - George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian politician (d. 1873)
1815 - St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (d. 1870)
1817 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician (d. 1893)
1829 - Marie Zakrzewska, Polish physician (d. 1902)
1838 - Samuel Arnold, Lincoln conspirator (d. 1906)
1857 - Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)
1860 - Jane Addams, American social worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1935)
1868 - Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1947)
1869 - Felix Salten, Austrian author (d. 1945)
1876 - John James Richard Macleod, Scottish-born physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1877 - Buddy Bolden, American musician (d. 1930)
1879 - Joseph Wirth, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956)
1888 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American banker and diplomat (d. 1969)
1890 - Clara Kimball Young, American actress (d. 1960)
1892 - Sir Edward Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1893 - Claire Chennault, American pilot (d. 1958)
1899 - Billy Rose, American composer (d. 1966)
1900 - W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (d. 1979)
1900 - Julien Green, French-born American novelist (d. 1998)
1904 - Max Rosenbloom, American boxer (d. 1976)
1906 - Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1909 - Michael Gordon, American actor and director (b. 1993)
1911 - Harry Danning, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1915 - Franz Josef Strauß, German Politician (d. 1988)
1917 - Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler
1919 - Wilson Greatbatch, American Inventor
1923 - King Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970)
1925 - Jimmy Reed, American blues singer (d. 1976)
1926 - Maurice Prather, American motion picture and still photographer (d. 2001)
1926 - Claus von Amsberg, Prince Consort of the Netherlands (d. 2002)
1928 - Robert M. Pirsig, American author
1928 - Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)
1929 - Yash Johar, Indian film producer (d. 2005)
1937 - Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-born illustrator
1937 - Brigid Berlin, American actor
1937 - Jo Anne Worley, American actress
1939 - Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1939 - Dan Cragg, American soldier and author
1939 - David Allan Coe, American country singer
1943 - Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1943 - Roger Waters, British musician (Pink Floyd)
1944 - Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
1945 - Larry Lucchino, American baseball executive
1947 - Jane Curtin, American actress
1947 - Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach
1954 - Ève Luquet, French stamp designer
1956 - Bill Ritter, American politician
1957 - Michaëlle Jean, 27th Governor-General of Canada
1958 - Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian
1958 - Michael Winslow, American actor and comedian
1958 - Buster Bloodvessel, British singer
1958 - Nigel Westlake, Australian musician and composer
1961 - Scott Travis, American musician (Judas Priest)
1961 - Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian musician (a-ha)
1962 - Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist
1963 - Alice Sebold, American novelist
1963 - Geert Wilders, Dutch politician
1963 - Bryan Simonaire, American politician
1964 - Rosie Perez, American actress
1965 - John Polson, Australian actor and film director
1969 - Ben Finegold, American chess player
1969 - CeCe thingyton, American dance music singer
1970 - Paul Miller, American composer and author
1971 - Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (The Cranberries)
1972 - China Miéville, English writer
1972 - Justina Machado, Puerto Rican actress
1972 - Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer
1972 - Idris Elba, English/American actor
1972 - Dylan Bruno, American actor (Numb3rs)
1973 - Ann Kienzle, American Model and Playboy Bunny 1992
1973 - Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer
1973 - Greg Rusedski, Canadian-born tennis player
1974 - Tim Henman, English tennis player
1974 - Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1974 - Justin Whalin, American actor
1974 - Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress
1975 - Derrek Lee, American baseball player
1976 - N.O.R.E., American rapper
1976 - Hyun Young, South Korean actress and pop singer
1976 - Naomie Harris, American actress
1978 - Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
1978 - Tony Thaxton, drummer (Motion City Soundtrack)
1979 - Foxy Brown, American rapper
1979 - Brandon Silvestry, American professional wrestler
1979 - Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer
1980 - Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
1980 - Yuji Hamano, Japanese archer
1980 - Jillian Hall, American professional wrestler
1980 - Samuel Peter, Nigerian heavyweight boxer
1981 - Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer
1983 - Ljubisa Bojic, Serbian student movement leader
1985 - Webbie, American rapper
1986 - Raven Riley, American porn star
1989 - Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer
2000 - Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (d. 2000)
2006 - Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japan Imperial Family member