1874 - Herbert Hoover born
1900 - American win the first ever Davis Cup
1909 - George Crockett born
1923 - Rhonda Fleming born
1928 - Eddie Fisher born
1928 - Jimmy Dean born
1933 - Rocky Colavito born
1947 - Ian Anderson born
1959 - Rosanna Arquette born
1960 - Antonio Banderas born
1964 - Nicole Bass born
1964 - The United Nations brokers another ceasefire in Cyprus, defusing a growing military crisis and heading off the threat of invasion by Turkey.
1982 - Devon Aoki born
1977 - The Queen visits Northern Ireland for the first time in 11 years as part of her Silver Jubilee tour.
1998 - Scientists fear a disease which has killed more than 6,000 seals in the North Sea and the Baltic has now reached British waters.
1990 - The NASA space probe Magellan arrives at Venus after a 15-month journey from Earth and starts its mission to map the global warming "hell-hole".
2001 - Former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton and wife Christine strenuously deny allegations they carried out a serious sexual assault.
2003 - Britain records its hottest-ever day with temperatures above 100F, jamming roads and packing beaches across the country.
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