1786 - Davy Crockett born. Famous for his death at the Alamo he spent his formative years murdering indians before holding various politcal positions.
1892 - Actress Mae West born
1920 - Actress Maureen O'Hara born
1926 - Jiang Zemin General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002 born
1943 - Actor Robert De Niro born
1960 - Film actor and director Sean Penn born
1969 - Actor and singer Donnie Wahlberg born
1970 - Tennis player Jim Courier born
1978 - Three Americans make the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by hot air balloon. Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman and Max Anderson took six days to complete the flight from Maine in the US to France.
1987 - Former Deputy Furher and Hitler's right-hand man Rudolf Hess, is found dead in Spandau Prison having commited suicide
1998 - President of the United States, Bill Clinton, admits having an inappropriate relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
1999 - The most powerful earthquake to hit Turkey (measuring six-point-seven on the Richter scale) leaves at least 17,000 people dead.
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