1838 - Georges Bizet born
1881 - Pablo Picasso born
1892 - Leo G. Carroll born
1912 - Minnie Pearl born
1924 - Billy Barty born
1940 - Bobby Knight born
1941 - Helen Reddy born
1944 - Jon Anderson born
1963 - Tracy Nelson born
1964 - Zambia is the ninth African state to gain independence from the British crown.
1976 - The Queen has officially opened the National Theatre on the South Bank in London after years of delays.
1983 - American forces seize control of the Caribbean island of Grenada less than a week after a left-wing coup in which the prime minister, Maurice Bishop, was killed.
1984 - The EEC donates £1.8 million to help combat the famine in Ethiopia.
2001 - British Crime Survey reveals the chances of being a victim of crime are lowest for 20 years.
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