1066 - Battle of Hastings
1644 - English quaker William Penn who argued for religious tolerance and eventually founded Pennsylvania was born
1890 - Dwight Eisenhower born
1894 - E.E. Cummings born
1896 - Lillian Gish born
1910 - John Wooden born
1926 - Winnie the Pooh is published
1927 - Roger Moore born
1939 - Ralph Lauren born
1940 - Sir Cliff Richard born
1944 - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, commits suicide
1952 - Harry Anderson born
1954 - The Queen welcomes Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie when he arrives in the UK during his world tour.
1969 - The new seven-sided 50p coin comes into circulation in Britain but prompts complaints that it is too similar to the 10-pence.
1973 - Dozens of people are killed in the Thai capital of Bangkok in street battles between government troops and demonstrators.
1974 - Natalie Maines born
1979 - Stacy Keibler and Usher born
1983 - The Trade and Industry Secretary Cecil Parkinson resigns after fresh details about his affair with a former secretary are revealed.
1994 - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and two Israelis - the Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres - are the winners of this year's Nobel peace prize.
2010 - The last of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in northern Chile for more than two months has been rescued. Shift supervisor Luis Urzua reached the surface at 0010 (0310 GMT) and was greeted by his family, rescuers, President Pinera and the first lady, Cecilia Morel. Bystanders cheered and clapped, and then started chanting "Chile".
2010 - Former Manchester City coach and manager ' Big Mal' Malcom Allison dies aged 83.
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