1889 - Erle Stanley Gardner born
1899 - James Cagney born
1903 - Artist James Whistler dies
1912 - Art Linkletter born
1917 - Phyllis Diller born
1934 - Donald Sutherland born
1935 - Diahann Carroll born
1936 - Franco leads an uprising in Spanish Morocco signalling the start of the Spanish Civil War
1947 - Camilla Parker Bowles born
1952 - David Hasselhoff born
1954 - J. Michael Straczynski born
1974 - An explosion in the Tower of London leaves one person dead and 41 injured.
1976 - The opening ceremony of the 21st Olympic games in Montreal is marred by the withdrawal of 25 African countries.
1979 - The left-wing Sandinistas take control of the Nicaragua after 46 years of dictatorial rule by the Somoza family.
1982 - Tash Hamilton born
1987 - Former Guinness director Thomas Ward is ordered to repay £5.2m to the brewing giants.
2000 - British supermarket Tesco is to revive imperial measures in its stores.
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