1830 - Tory MP William Huskisson is run over by a train whilst at the opening of the Manchester to Liverpool railway line.
1857 - William H. Taft born
1889 - Robert Benchley born
1890 - Agatha Christie born
1903 - Roy Acuff born
1907 - Fay Wray born
1922 - Jackie Cooper born
1940 - RAF Fighter Command is claiming victory over the Luftwaffe after a day of heavy bombing raids ends in major losses for the enemy and Merlin Olsen born
1946 - Oliver Stone and Tommy Lee Jones born
1950 - The United Nations lands thousands of troops on the Korean coast behind enemy lines, in the first counter-attack of the war.
1959 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev pays first visit to USA
1961 - Dan Marino born
1964 - The Sun newspaper is published today for the first time. It is replacing the Daily Herald.
1978 - One of the most wanted members of the West German Baader-Meinhof gang is detained in London.
1984 - Princess Diana gives birth to second son, Harry
1985 - Tony Jacklin's team of golfers beats the United States in the Ryder Cup for the first time in 28 years after dominating the final day of the competition.
2000 - The fuel protests which have paralysed Britain for seven days are at an end.
2004 - Protesters storm Parliament as MPs vote to ban hunting
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