1794 - Commodore Matthew Perry born
1847 - Joseph Pulitzer born
1915 - Harry Morgan born
1919 - Mexican rebel Emiliano Zapata is killed
1921 - Chuck Connors born
1929 - Max Von Sydow born
1932 - Omar Sharif born
1936 - John Madden born
1952 - Steven Seagal born
1968 - Fifty-one people die after a ferry, TEV Wahine capsized in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand during one of the worst storms ever to hit the country.
1972 - Over 5,000 people die in a massive earthquake in southern Iran which flattens entire towns and villages.
1981 - Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands has been elected to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Also Lil McClarnon born
1983 - Ryan Merriman born
1998 - The Northern Ireland peace talks have ended with an historic agreement called the Good Friday Agreement.
2000 - Shop manager Mark Hedley, who was sacked for being HIV positive by Aldi is set to receive thousands of pounds in compensation.
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