1819 - Walt Whitman born
1894 - Fred Allen born
1898 - Norman Vincent Peale born
1902 - The Boer War ends
1908 - Don Ameche born
1922 - Denholm Elliott born
1930 - Clint Eastwood born
1938 - Peter Yarrow born
1941 - Johnny Paycheck born
1943 - Joe Namath and Sharon Gless born
1948 - John Bonham born
1950 - Gregory Harrison born
1957 - US playwright Arthur Miller is convicted of contempt of Congress after refusing to reveal the names of alleged Communist writers
1961 - Lea Thompson born
1965 - Brooke Shields born
1966 - Nguyen Thi Can becomes the fifth Buddhist in three days to set fire to herself in protest against South Vietnam's regime.
1973 - The US Senate votes to cut off funds for the bombing of Cambodia despite pleas from Dr Henry Kissinger.
1976 - Colin Farrell born
1985 - The Football Association, supported by Margaret Thatcher, bans English clubs from playing in Europe following the Heysel stadium tragedy.
1998 - Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, leaves the Spice Girls.
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