1812 – War of 1812. The US declared war on Britain and Ireland
1815 - The Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's last battle and the end of the Napoleonic war
1859 - Lord Palmerston becomes British Prime Minsiter
1903 - Jeanette MacDonald born
1908 - Bud Collyer born
1910 - E.G. Marshall born
1942 - Paul McCartney and Roger Ebert born
1946 - England manager Fabio Capello born.
1952 - Isabella Rossellini and Carol Kane born
1956 - The former President of the United States, Harry Truman, dismisses suggestions Moscow may be about to turn its back on its Stalinist past.
1965 - The government announces it will introduce a blood alcohol limit for drivers with penalties for those caught above it.
1971 - Nathan Morris born
1972 - A flight from London Heathrow to Brussels crashes near Staines minutes after take-off killing all 118 people on board.
1974 - Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) are beaten 9 - 0 by Yugoslavia, equaling Hungary's record scoreline from 1954.
1979 - United States President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign Salt II, the first arms-reduction treaty between the two super powers.
1999 - Police and protesters clash at a demonstration against capitalism in the centre of London's financial district.
2011 - Clarence Clemons saxophonist with the E Street Band dies aged 69.
2012 - Actor Vittorio Giorgio Andrea 'Victor' Spinetti dies of prostate cancer aged 82.
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