1904 - Frederick Ashton born
1928 - Roddy McDowall born
1931 - Anne Bancroft born
1935 - Ken Kesey born
1944 - Airborne invasion of Holland begins with British, American and Polish troops descending behind enemy lines in a massive operation designed to bring a swift end to the war.
1948 - John Ritter born
1951 - Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson born
1956 - A 48-year-old solicitor from Manchester breaks the one-hour world water speed record in his motorboat, Miss Windermere III.
1970 - King Hussein's army and Palestinian guerrillas engage in fierce fighting in major towns all over Jordan and Mark Brunell born
1980 - Sandinista agents murder exiled Nicaraguan dictator Somoza
1982 - More than 1,000 people are feared to have been killed during a 24-hour rampage by Lebanese militia in West Beirut and Wade Robson born
1990 - USSR and Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic relations
2000 - TV presenter Paula Yates found dead from drugs overdose
2001 - New Yorkers return to work six days after the terror attacks which devastated the heart of their city.
1993 - The British National Party wins its first council seat in a by-election in East London, provoking fear in the local Asian community.
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