1821 - Mary Baker Eddy born
1872 - Roald Amundsen born
1907 - Barbara Stanwyck born
1911 - Ginger Rogers born
1918 - The Russian Royal Family are executed
1924 - Bess Myerson born
1945 - First atomic weapon exploded in New Mexico
1945 - Winston Churchill, Harry S Truman, Josef Stalin discuss the fate of a defeated Germany at Postdam.
1955 - Stirling Moss wins the British Grand Prix (his first Grand Prix Victory) at the Aintree track near Liverpool - the first time an Englishman has triumphed in the race.
1958 - Michael Flatley born
1967 - Will Ferrell born
1968 - Barry Sanders born
1969 - Apollo 11 takes off from Cape Kennedy at the start of the first attempt to land a man on the Moon.
1971 - Corey Feldman born
1986 - The rock band Queen play Manchester City's Maine Road stadium.
1993 - Britain's internal security service, MI5, holds the first photocall in its 84-year history
2001 - The Labour Government is defeated in the House of Commons for the first time since it came to power in 1997.
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