1892 - Keir Hardie Britains first socialist MP takes his seat
1913 - Alan Ladd born
1914 - Kitty Carlisle Hart born
1935 - Eileen Brennan born
1939 - Britain and France declare war on Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago.
1943 - British troops land on mainland Europe four years to the day after war was declared on Germany and Valerie Perrine born
1954 - The National Trust purchases Fair Isle in northern Scotland famous for its bird sanctuary and knitted sweaters.
1965 - Charlie Sheen born
1976 - The last protesting imates at Hull's top-security prison finally surrender after 67 hours on the rampage.
1984 - At least 1,300 people die and hundreds more are injured as the worst storm in living memory sweeps across the southern Philippines.
1998 - A Swissair plane flying from New York to Geneva crashes in the sea off the coast of Nova Scotia, just over an hour after taking off.
2004 - More than 200 people die after a three-day siege at a Russian school came to a bloody end.
2012 - Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dies aged 54 of natural causes following a heart attack.
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