1774 - US explorer of the Missouri and the Rockies Meriwether Lewis born
1922 - Actress Shelley Winters born
1933 - Film director Roman Polanski born
1937 - Actor Robert Redford born
1943 - Actor Martin Mull born
1954 - Actor Patrick Swayze born
1964 - South Africa are barred from taking part in the 18th Olympic Games in Tokyo over its refusal to condemn apartheid.
1969 - Actors Christian and Edward Norton, as well as House of Pain rapper Erik "Everlast" Schrody born
1969 - Four days and nights of sex, drugs and rock and roll come to a peaceful end as the Woodstock music festival winds down a day later than planned.
1970 - Film director, actor and musician Malcolm-Jamal Warner born
1971 - The British Army is accused of shooting dead an unarmed, disabled man during disturbances in Northern Ireland.
1989 - Manchester United Football Club is sold for £20m in the biggest takeover deal in the history of British football.
1992 - Conditions in two Serbian detention camps are condemned as "hell on earth" by the man leading a delegation to inspect them.
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