1871 - The Great Chicago fire
1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson born
1899 - Bruce Catton born
1908 - Jacques Tati born
1940 - John Lennon born
1941 - Brian Lamb born
1944 - John Entwistle born
1948 - Jackson Browne born
1952 - Sharon Osbourne born
1954 - Scott Bakula born
1959 - The Conservatives, under Harold Macmillan, win a third consecutive general election.
1967 - Marxist revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara is reportedly killed during a battle between army troops and guerillas in the Bolivian jungle.
1973 - Steve Burns born
1975 - One man dies and at least 20 people are injured in the latest bomb attack on London.
1981 - Zachery Ty Bryan born
1988 - Thousands of Latvians start a mass movement to press Moscow for greater independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 - The first Sumo wrestling tournament ever held off Japanese soil in the sport's 1500 year history begins at the Royal Albert Hall.
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