1215 - King John stamped the royal seal on the Magna Carta
1752 - Benjamin Franklin demonstrated that lightning is electricity
1836 - Arkansas becomes the 25th US State
1910 - Captain Scott set out on his expedition to the South Pole
1919 - Alcock and Brown complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight
1921 - Erroll Garner born
1924 - Ford complete their 10 millionth car
1932 - Mario Cuomo born
1937 - Waylon Jennings born
1954 - Jim Belushi born
1963 - Helen Hunt born
1964 - Courteney Cox born
1966 - The world's first hovershow opens in Britain with news of a Ministry of Defence order worth £1m.
1969 - Dina Meyer born
1969 - Ice Cube born
1971 - Opposition is growing to Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher's plans to end free school milk for children over the age of seven.
1974 - A march through central London leaves one person dead and many more injured as rival demonstrators clashed with police and each other.
1996 - A massive IRA bomb devastates central Manchester. Two hundred people are injured in the attack, mostly by flying glass.
2000 - The major contingent of the British military task force sent to help restore order in Sierra Leone leaves the country.
2002 - Cesare Maldini becomes the oldest world cup coach at 70 years and 131 days, whilst managing Paraguay.
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