1888 - Maurice Chevalier born
1901 - Ben Blue born
1913 - Jesse Owens born
1925 - Dickie Moore born
1940 - Linda Gray born
1943 - Maria Muldaur born
1944 - Barry White born
1952 - Neal Peart born
1952 - Gerry Beckley born
1954 - Peter Scolari born
1957 - Rachel Ward born
1959 - A massive Russian rocket, carrying 860lb (391kg) of scientific instruments, is successfully launched at the Moon.
1970 - Palestinian militants blow up the three planes they have been holding at an airfield in the Jordanian desert.
1973 - Paul Walker born
1977 - The leader of the black consciousness movement in South Africa, Steve Biko, dies in police custody.
1978 - Benjamin McKenzie born
1997 - Scotland votes decisively for home rule in a referendum on how they want the country to be governed.
2001 - The President of the United States describes the destruction caused in New York and Washington as an act of war against all freedom-loving people.
2003 - One of the great legends of country music, Johnny Cash, dies after a short illness.
2005 - England take the Ashes from Australia for the first time since 1987 after the "best ever" series.
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