1777 - The Stars and Stripes becomes the official flag of the USA
1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe born
1909 - Burl Ives born
1925 - Pierre Salinger born
1927 - Author Jerome K Jerome dies
1928 - Che Guevara was born in Rosario, Argentina
1931 - Marla Gibbs born
1933 - Jerzy Kosinski born
1940 - German troops marched into Paris in the early hours of this morning as French and allied forces retreated.
1946 - Donald Trump born
1961 - It is announced that a new type of zebra crossing with push button controls for pedestrians will be introduced next year. Also Boy George born
1968 - Yasmine Bleeth born
1969 - Steffi Graf born
1970 - Bobby Charlton retires from international football
1972 - Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers face flight delays and cancellations as pilots threaten to strike over hijack fears.
1982 - A ceasefire between British and Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands has been agreed, the prime minister has announced.
1991 - More than a thousand Kurds besiege a US military base near the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk, pleading with American troops not to withdraw.
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