1927 - Tommy Lasorda born
1950 - First non-stop jet flight between UK and USA
1954 - Shari Belafonte-Harper born
1955 - Britain's first independent television station is on air, bringing advertisements to the airwaves for the first time.
1956 - Debby Boone born
1957 - Johnette Napolitano and Nick Cave born
1958 - Andrea Bocelli born
1960 - Joan Jett born
1961 - Scott Baio born
1964 - Bonnie Hunt born
1975 - A day of IRA bombings across Northern Ireland places the ceasefire it declared seven months ago in serious doubt.
1980 - Iraq bombs several Iranian air and military supply bases, including Tehran's international airport, at the start of what appears to be all-out war.
1981 - French president launches TGV, world's fastest train
1987 - Tom Felton born
1989 - A devastating explosion at an army barracks in Kent kills 11 people - 10 of them young soldiers.
1997 - 47 die when Amtrak train plunges off bridge in Alabama
1998 - Serbian forces renew their assault against rebel fighters in Kosovo leading thousands of civilians to flee their homes.
2001 - The BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson, becomes the only television reporter to broadcast from Taleban-held Afghanistan as the country prepares for a US attack.
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