1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII.
1747 - One of the founders of the US Navy,John Paul Jones born. Famed for leading the last invasion of mainline Britain (Whitehaven)
1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
1915 - Laverne Andrews born
1921 - Nancy Reagan born
1922 - William Schallert born
1925 - Merv Griffin and Bill Haley born
1927 - Janet Leigh born
1932 - Della Reese born
1935 - Dalai Lama born
1937 - Ned Beatty born
1945 - Burt Ward born
1946 - Former U.S. President George W. Bush and Actor Sylvester Stallone born
1951 - Geoffrey Rush born
1952 - After nearly a century of service the tram has made its final appearance in London.
1958 - Jennifer Saunders born
1957 – John Lennon meets Paul McCartney at a fete in Woolton.
1974 - 74,000 watch Brazil lose 2 nil to Poland in the third/fourth playoff at the World Cup finals.
1978 - A blaze on the Penzance to Paddington sleeper train leaves 11 dead and 17 injured. Also Tia and Tamera Mowry born
1983 - Gregory Smith born
1988 - Piper Alpha North Sea oil rig explodes, killing 167 workers
1992 - The French Government mobilises the army and police to remove the lorries blocking the nation's major roads.
1997 - Nasa scientists free a robot from space probe Mars Pathfinder, allowing it to begin exploring the Red Planet.
2000 - The Prime Minister Tony Blair's eldest son, Euan, is arrested for being drunk and incapable.
2005 - London are awarded the opportunity to host the 2012 Olympic Games
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