1899 - Writer Ernest Hemingway born
1948 - Musician Cat Stevens born
1952 - Actor Robin Williams born
1954 - Eight years of war come to an end as the French cede control of northern Vietnam to the Communist Viet Minh after signing the Geneva Accord.
1957 - Actor Jon Lovitz born
1969 - Neil Armstong becomes the first man to walk on the moon
1974 - Thousands of Greek-Cypriots in London protest about the disputed government of Cyprus.
1978 - Actor Josh Hartnett born
1982 - The flagship of the British taskforce to the Falklands, HMS Hermes, arrives back in Portsmouth.
1994 - Tony Blair becomes leader of the Labour Party
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