1813 - Richard Wagner born
1844 - Mary Cassat born
1859 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born
1907 - Sir Laurence Olivier born
1934 - Peter Nero born
1938 - Susan Strasberg and Richard Benjamin born
1941 - Paul Winfield born
1959 - Morrissey born
1969 - The Apollo 10 mission sends a manned lunar module within eight miles of the Moon's surface in rehearsal for a summer Moon landing.
1970 - The Cricket Council reverses a decision to allow South African cricketers to tour England, a move welcomed by anti-apartheid activist Peter Hain. Also Naomi Campbell born
1972 - America's President Richard Nixon is given a modest welcome as he arrives in Moscow for talks with Soviet leaders.
1981 - Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, is sentenced to life imprisonment after the judge describes him as "an unusually dangerous man".
2000 - Lebanese Hezbollah fighters split Israel's southern occupation zone into two as they approach the common border.
2011 - Former model and designer Suzanne Mizzi dies aged 43 from ovarian cancer.
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