1874 - Gertrude Stein born
1894 - Norman Rockwell born
1907 - James Michener born
1918 - Joey Bishop born
1926 - Shelley Berman born
1940 - Fran Tarkenton born
1947 - Dave Davies born
1950 - Morgan Fairchild born
1959 - Buddy Holly, 22, Jiles P Richardson - known as the Big Bopper - 28, and Ritchie Valens, 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa at 0100 local time
1960 - Harold Macmillan outrages South African politicians with a speech warning of the "wind of change" in Africa
1966 - The Soviet Union makes the first controlled landing of a space probe (Luna 9)on the Moon, but refuses to release the pictures it sends back
1978 - Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat arrives in Washington DC to discuss the Middle East peace process with US President Jimmy Carter
1986 - The Pope meets Mother Teresa in Calcutta and visits her home for the sick and dying
1988 - Nurses across the UK take part in a day of industrial action to secure more money for themselves and the NHS
1998 - A Nato aircraft kills 20 people at an Italian ski resort by severing their cable car line
2010 - Actress Maria Schneider dies of cancer aged 58
2010 - Former Manchester City forward Neil Young dies aged 66 from cancer. Young scored the winning goal for City in the 1969 FA Cup final.
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