1812 - Louisiania becomes the 18th US State
1895 - Arthur Murray born
1906 - John Cameron Swayze born
1914 - Frances Langford born
1915 - Muddy Waters born
1928 - Maya Angelou born
1929 - Carl Benz dies
1932 - Anthony Perkins born
1946 - Craig T. Nelson born
1950 - Christine Lahti born
1963 - David Gavurin born
1965 - Robert Downey born
1966 - Nancy McKeon born
1968 - The American black civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, is assassinated in the southern U.S. city of Memphis.
1973 - David Blaine born
1979 - Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, is hanged in spite of international calls for clemency. Mr Bhutto was sentenced to death for the murder of a political opponent following a trial which was widely condemned as unfair. Also Heath Ledger born
1984 - The women from the main peace camp at Greenham Common in Berkshire are evicted but say it will not end their protest.
1991 - The children at the centre of satanic abuse allegations in the Orkney Islands off Scotland are reunited with their families after the case was thrown out of court.
2000 - Severe weather forces the closure of Luton airport as blizzards and flooding cause widespread chaos.
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