1483 – Richard III began a short-lasting reign as King of England.
1819 - Abner Doubleday born
1892 - Pearl S. Buck born
1904 - Peter Lorre born
1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias born
1922 - Eleanor Parker born
1954 - The highest scoring match in World Cup history takes place as Austria recorded a 7-5 quarter-final victory over host nation Switzerland.
1956 - Chris Isaak born
1959 - The Queen and President Eisenhower inaugurate the St Lawrence Seaway in Canada that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic.
1961 - Greg LeMond born
1963 - President Kennedy inspires the people of West Germany with the morale-boosting 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech of defiance to the Soviet Union. Also Harriet Wheeler born
1970 - Riots break out in Londonderry after it is revealed Bernadette Devlin has been arrested. Also Chris O'Donnell born
1974 - The first scanning of a bar coded product (a packet of chewing gum). Also Derek Jeter born
1986 - Entrepreneur Richard Branson sets off on his second attempt to claim the transatlantic crossing record for Britain.
2000 - International inspectors say they have seen a large number of IRA weapons "safely and adequately stored" in bunkers.
2003 – Marc-Vivien Foé's tragic death shocked the football world. After collapsing on the field during Cameroon's Confederation Cup match with Colombia, efforts to revive the former Manchester City player were unsuccessful.
2006 - Four years ago, Switzerland made history by becoming the only team not to allow a goal at the World Cup finals.
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