1871 - Foundry worker Thomas Rule born in Whitehaven, Cubria.
1926 - Tony Bennett born
1940 - Martin Sheen born
1941 - Martha Stewart born
1950 - John Landis born
1951 - Jay North born
1957 - Tunku Abdul Rahman, a British-educated Malay prince, is elected as head of state of Malaya ahead of independence from Britain.
1963 - James Hetfield born
1977 - Tom Brady born
1978 - The Queen officially opens the 11th Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.
1990 - A weather station in Leicestershire has recorded the highest temperature ever known in Britain (37.1C, or 99F).
1992 - British sprinter Linford Christie wins the gold medal for the 100m at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.
2003 - The Anglican Church in America votes to approve the appointment of an openly gay bishop, angering religious leaders around the world.
2001 - A bomb explodes in a busy west London street, injuring seven people.
2002 - 10 year old school girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman go missing in Soham, Cambridgeshire.
2003 - Gene Robinson is appointed as the first openly gay bishop of the Anglecan church
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