1844 - Henry John Heinz born
1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt born
1918 - Jerome Robbins born
1925 - Elmore Leonard born
1957 - Dawn French born
1961 - Steve Young born
1962 - Joan Cusack born
1966 - Luke Perry born
1967 - The Move pop group apologises in the High Court to the Prime Minister for a "violent and malicious personal attack".
1974 - Harold Wilson's Labour government wins a second term in office.
1976 - The new head of the Communist Party, Hua Goufeng, snuffs out a coup led by Chairman Mao's widow Jiang Qing and three others party members.
1980 - Algerian double earthquake
1982 - The Mary Rose, flagship of King Henry VIII, rises to the surface after 437 years at the bottom of the Solent.
1985 - Michelle Trachtenberg born
1987 - A huge sonar exploration of Loch Ness fails to find the world famous monster known affectionately as Nessie.
1989 - Michelle Wie born
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