1785 - John James Audubon born
1917 - I.M. Pei born
1933 - Carol Burnett born
1938 - Duane Eddy born
1942 - Bobby Rydell born
1962 - The American Moon rocket Ranger IV lands on the far side of the moon but has fails to send back pictures due to a technical fault. Also Michael Damian born
1963 - Jet Li born
1967 - Kane born
1970 - Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins born
1975 - A one-day conference held by the Labour Party to debate Britain's membership of Europe has voted by almost 2-1 to leave the European Economic Community.
1982 - Jon Lee born
1983 - The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian SSR.
1984 - US President Ronald Reagan lands in China at the start of a six-day state visit, the first by an American president since 1972.
1993 - The British government announces that the recession is over after new figures show growth in the economy for the first time in over two years.
2000 - The Home Secretary, Jack Straw, witnesses nine people being caught attempting to illegally enter the UK as he inspects immigration procedures in Dover.
2005 - Syria pulls all of its troops out of Lebanon after 29 years as a military band sees off the last soldiers.
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