1859 - Building of the Suez Canal begins
1898 - The Spanish American war begins
1908 - Edward R. Murrow born
1918 - Ella Fitzgerald born
1930 - Paul Mazursky born
1932 - Meadowlark Lemon born
1940 - Al Pacino born
1945 - Björn Ulvaeus born
1945 - Stu Cook born
1946 - Talia Shire born
1953 - Two Cambridge University scientists publish their answer to one of the most fundamental questions of biology - how do living things reproduce themselves? In an article published in Nature magazine, James D Watson and Francis Crick describe the structure of a chemical called deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.
1964 - Hank Azaria born
1969 - Renée Zellweger born
1974 - Army rebels are in control of Portugal tonight after an almost bloodless dawn coup ended nearly 50 years of dictatorship.
1980 - A top-secret attempt by the United States to free American hostages held in Iran collapses in failure, with the death of eight soldiers. Also Jacob Underwood born
1982 - Britain re-establishes its presence in the Falkland Islands after a two-hour assault by Royal Marines on the remote island of South Georgia.
1983 - The German magazine, Stern, publishes the first instalment of the controversial "Hitler Diaries", said to be written by the Führer himself.
2002 - Two teenage brothers are cleared of the murder of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor.
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