1805 - Hans Christian Andersen born
1908 - Buddy Ebsen born
1914 - Alec Guinness born
1920 - Jack Webb born
1939 - Marvin Gaye born
1945 - Linda Hunt born
1947 - Emmylou Harris born
1954 - Ron "Horshack" Palillo born
1962 - A new style of pedestrian crossing causes confusion among both drivers and pedestrians following its launch in London.
1977 - Red Rum has galloped into racing history by winning the Grand National for a record third time.
1982 - Argentina invades the British territory of the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic.
1986 - Four people, including an eight-month old baby, are sucked out of a TWA passenger jet after a bomb explodes ripping a hole in its side.
1998 - Former French cabinet minister Maurice Papon has been found guilty of war crimes for his part in deporting Jews from France during World War II.
2005 - Pope John Paul II dies at the age of 84 following heart failure, ending one of the longest pontificates in history.
2011 - India beat Sri Lanka to win the Cricket World Cup. Also a young police officer is killed by a booby-trap car bomb in Northern Ireland.
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