1844 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith is murdered by a mob
1880 - Helen Keller born
1927 - Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan born
1930 - H. Ross Perot born
1951 - Julia Duffy born
1957 - The link between smoking and lung cancer is one of 'direct cause and effect', a report by the Medical Research Council finds.
1963 - The US President John F Kennedy visits his ancestral homeland in County Wexford.
1975 - Tobey Maguire born
1977 - Home Secretary Merlyn Rees appeals for calm following two weeks of violent clashes outside the Grunwick factory in north London.
1986 - The International Court of Justice finds the United States guilty of violating international law by supporting rebels in Nicaragua.
1991 - Yugoslav tanks, troops and aircraft sweep into the small republic of Slovenia, 48 hours after it declared independence.
2011 - Former Manchester City captain Mike Doyle has died at the age of 64. Doyle was part of the City team which won the league title, FA Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup and the League Cup between 1968 and 1970, and skippered the side which won the League Cup again in 1976.
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