1894 - Nikita Khrushchev born
1918 - William Holden born
1923 - Harry Reasoner born
1945 - Buchenwald concentration camp liberated by Americans
1951 - The entire 75-strong crew of HM Submarine Affray are feared dead after going missing off the south coast of England. Also Olivia Hussey born
1961 - Reports from Cuba say an invasion force has landed on the island to try to overthrow the country's leader, Fidel Castro.
1967 - Liz Phair born
1969 - A 21-year-old woman, Bernadette Devlin, is voted in as Britain's youngest ever female MP and the country's third youngest ever.
1972 - Jennifer Garner born
1974 - Victoria Addams born
1984 - WPC Yvonne Fletcher is killed after shots were fired from the Libyan People's Bureau in central London.
1986 - John McCarthy is abducted on his way to the airport - three bodies, believed to be of British hostages, are also found.
1999 - An explosion outside a busy supermarket in Brixton, south London, injures at least 45 people.
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