1878 - Upton Sinclair born
1890 - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton born
1928 - Dr. Joyce Brothers born
1929 - Anne Meara born
1934 - Sophia Loren born
1957 - Gary Cole born
1962 - Rhodesian PM bans Zimbabwe African People's Union
1967 - The Queen launches the new Cunard cruise liner, the Queen Elizabeth 2, at a ceremony on the Clydebank.
1973 - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in 'battle of the sexes'
1978 - Police launch a massive manhunt for the killers of a young paperboy from Bridgewater.
1984 - A suicide bomber attacks the United States embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, killing 20.
1988 - Thatcher rejects 'United States of Europe' idea at Bruges
1999 - A multinational peacekeeping force lands in East Timor in an attempt to restore law and order to the territory.
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