1897 – Queen Victoria celebrates her Diamond Jubilee with a procession in London.
1903 - John Dillinger born
1906 - Billy Wilder born
1921 - Joseph Papp born
1936 - Kris Kristofferson born
1941 - The German Army takes the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin by surprise as it begins a massive advance on Moscow. Also Ed Bradley born
1948 - Todd Rundgren born
1949 - Lindsay Wagner and Meryl Streep born
1953 - Cyndi Lauper born
1954 - Freddie Prinze born
1959 - Directors of Harrods are urging shareholders to vote for a merger with Debenhams department chain.
1971 - Kurt Warner born
1973 - Carson Daly born
1979 - A jury clears former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe of the attempted murder of Norman Scott.
1980 - Eric Stretch born
1981 - Mark Chapman changes his plea to guilty and admits he murdered John Lennon in December 1980.
1986 - Maradona scores the now legendary 'Hand of God' goal against Argentina's two nil victory over England in Mexico.
1987 - Fred Astaire dies.
2001 - The Parole Board decides that Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, the two schoolboy murderers of James Bulger are to be released after only eight years.
2003 – The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska.
2004 - A Belgian court sentences Marc Dutroux to life in prison for the kidnap, rape and murder of young girls.
2006 - Four years ago, English referee Graham Poll made a calamitous blunder by issuing Croatian defender Josip Simunic two yellow cards without sending him off.
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