1842 - Arthur Sullivan born
1846 - The US declares war on Mexico
1914 - Joe Louis born
1923 - Beatrice Arthur born
1926 - The first flight of an airship over the North Pole
1939 - Harvey Keitel born
1941 - Ritchie Valens born
1950 - Stevie Wonder born
1961 - Dennis Rodman born
1966 - Darius Rucker born
1968 - A one-day workers' general strike is called in solidarity with students in Paris, calling for the fall of government and protesting police brutality.
1977 - England captain Tony Greig is fired for recruiting players to Australian media mogul Kerry Packer's rival World XI team in what is seen as a "breach of trust". Also Samantha Morton born
1981 - Crowds in St Peter's Square in Rome are stunned by the close-range shooting of Pope John Paul II by 23-year-old Turkish citizen Mehmet Ali Hagca.
1989 - British war hero Jackie Mann,74, is feared kidnapped in Beirut after disappearing in the Lebanese capital.
1995 - A British mother of two becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. Alison Hargreaves, 33, becomes only the second person ever to reach the peak of the world's highest mountain unaided.
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