1497 - Legendary Portuguese sailor Vasco de Gama sets off on first direct voyage from Europe to India.
1680 - The first tornado in recorded American history strikes in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One person is killed.
1828 Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowns
1839 John D. Rockefeller born
1889 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal hits news stands.
1908 Nelson Rockefeller born
1914 Billy Eckstine born
1931 Roone Arledge born
1935 Steve Lawrence born
1947 - An unidentified flying object is reported to have crashed in Roswell, New Mexico.
1951 Anjelica Huston born
1952 Marianne Williamson and Christopher G. Moore born
1958 Kevin Bacon born
1961 Toby Keith born
1965 - Ronald Biggs who was serving a 30-year prison sentence for his part in the Great Train Robbery escapes from Wandsworth prison.
1971 - Two men are killed by the British army in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
1973 Kathleen Robertson born
1982 - The first of the two semi-finals at the World Cup in Spain saw Paolo Rossi take centre stage with a clinical brace to down Poland. West Germany faced France in the second semi-final at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, and it was a 3-3 thriller with Germany eventually winning on penaltes.
1989 - Glenn Madeiros tops the UK singles chart with 'Nothing's gonna chance my love for you', commonly thought to be the worst number one in music history.
1990 - The World Cup final in Italy saw West Germany take on Argentina at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Franz Beckenbauer's side won courtesy of Andreas Brehme's 85th minute spot-kick.
1996 - Three young children and four adults are attacked by a man with a machete at an infant school in Wolverhampton.
2000 - The release of Harry potter and the Goblet of Fire breaks all publishing records.
2003 - Conjoined Iranian twins who volunteered to go ahead with a major operation to separate them both die during surgery.
2005 - The G8 summit in Gleneagles ends with a deal to boost aid for developing countries by $50bn.
2012 - Actor Ernest Borgnine dies of renal failure aged 95.
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