1908 - Mel Blanc born
1909 - Benny Goodman born
1936 - Keir Dullea born
1939 - Michael J. Pollard born
1945 - Meredith MacRae born
1964 - Wynonna Judd born
1967 - The King of Jordan and President Abdel Nasser of Egypt sign a joint defence agreement in case of a conflict with Israel.
1972 - The Official IRA announces a ceasefire, but the Provisional IRA says it will continue fighting until the British leave Northern Ireland.
1981 - The president of Bangladesh, Zia Rahman, is assassinated in Chittagong in a coup attempt.
1990 - The French Government bans imports of British beef and live cattle because of fears over BSE or "mad cow" disease.
2001 - Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas is sentenced to six months in prison over the country's biggest political scandal in recent history.
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