1846 - George Westinghouse born
1887 - Le Corbusier born
1892 - Poet Alfred Lord Tennyson dies
1908 - Carole Lombard born
1942 - Britt Ekland born
1953 - Naval and military forces are on their way to British Guiana in response to what the UK Government says is a threat to the administration of the British colony.
1963 - Elisabeth Shue born
1970 - Amy Jo Johnson born
1973 - Heavy fighting erupts between Arab and Israeli forces along two fronts as Egypt and Syria attempt to re-take land occupied since 1967.
1979 - John Paul II becomes the first Pope to set foot in the White House after greeting US President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn.
1981 - President Sadat of Egypt dies after being shot by gunmen at a military parade.
1985 - A police officer is hacked to death by a mob during riots at the Broadwater Farm housing estate in North London.
1986 - Fears grow for a missing nuclear technician who disappeared in London after revealing details of Israel's nuclear weapons programme.
2000 - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic resigns under mounting pressure after allegations of vote-rigging.
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