1897 - Alexandre Tansman born
1924 - George Bush born
1928 - Vic Damone born
1929 - Anne Frank born
1932 - Jim Nabors born
1941 - Chick Corea and Marv Albert born
1962 - Three prisoners make their way out of California's Alcatraz prison using spoons and a homemade raft. Frank Lee Morris and two brothers, Clarence and John Anglin, all convicted of bank robbery, escaped last night from the notorious island prison in San Francisco Bay renowned for its high level of security.
1964 - The leader of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is given a life sentence for sabotage.
1975 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is barred from holding office for six years after she being found guilty of electoral corruption.
1986 - Derek Hatton, the controversial deputy leader of Liverpool Council, is thrown out of the Labour Party for belonging to the leftwing Militant faction.
1997 - It is announced that Home Secretary, Jack Straw is to reconsider the fate of James Bulger's killers. Former Home Secretary Michael Howard is said to have acted illegally when he raised the minimum sentence imposed on the Bulger killers, law lords have ruled.
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