1875 - The first Kentucky Derby is run
1902 - Ayatollah Khomeini born
1911 - Maureen O'Sullivan born
1936 - Dennis Hopper born
1943 - Dambusters raid destorys 3 dams in the Ruhr Valley
1955 - The Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, hosts a ground-breaking half-hour television election programme for the Conservative Party, pitting government ministers against newspaper editors in the first broadcast of its kind. Also Bill Paxton born
1956 - Bob Saget and Sugar Ray Leonard born
1960 - The much-heralded Big Four summit in Paris fails before it even starts, following three days of bitter recrimination over a US spy plane shot down two weeks ago by the Russians.
1961 - Enya born
1965 - Trent Reznor born
1970 - Jordan Knight born
1974 - Three car bombs explod in Dublin, killing 23 people and injuring more than 100 others during rush hour. Also Andrea Corr born
1978 - The coffin containing the body of Charlie Chaplin, missing since his grave was robbed 11 weeks ago is found.
2000 - Two Royal Marine commandos, Corporal Alan Chambers and Marine Charlie Paton are the first Britons to reach the geographical North Pole without outside support, braving severe weather conditions on as little as half a cup of porridge a day.
2011 - The Queen arrives in Dublin for the first visit to the Republic of Ireland by a reigning British monarch, for over 100 years.
2012 - Singer Donna Summer dies of lung cancer aged 63.
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