1881 - U.S. President Garfield dies
1893 - New Zealand women get the vote
1905 - Dr Barnardo of children homes fame, dies
1928 - Mickey Mouse and Adam West born
1933 - David McCallum born
1940 - Paul Williams born
1945 - Randolph Mantooth born
1948 - Jeremy Irons born
1949 - Leslie "Twiggy" Lawson born
1952 - The United States prevents film legend Charlie Chaplin from returning to Hollywood until he is investigated by the Immigration Services.
1955 - Juan Peron forced to step down as president of Argentina
1964 - Trisha Yearwood born
1967 - Jim Abbott born
1970 - T-Rex headlines first Glastonbury rock music festival
1972 - A diplomat at the Israeli embassy in London is killed by a letter bomb.
1974 - Jimmy Fallon born
1976 - Alison Sweeney born
1985 - A massive quake under Mexico City kills and injures thousands, devastating three states along the Pacific coast.
1986 - Two passenger trains crash in Staffordshire, killing two people and injuring almost a hundred more.
1997 - An Intercity 125 ploughs into a freight train in west London, killing six and injuring more than 150.
2002 - Tel Aviv bombing prompts Israeli raid on Arafat's compound
2003 - Hurricane Isabel hits the east coast of the United States and sweeps through the capital.
2011 - Racehorse trainer Donald 'Ginger' McCain dies of cancer aged 80.
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