1632 - Christopher Wren born
1784 - Lord Palmerston is born
1854 - Arthur Rimbaud born
1874 - Charles Ives born
1882 - Bela Lugosi born
1914 - Fayard Nicholas born
1925 - Art Buchwald born
1931 - Mickey Mantle born
1935 - Jerry Orbach born
1950 - Tom Petty born
1958 - Viggo Mortensen born
1967 - Thousands of demonstrators in Oakland, California, hold the biggest protest yet against the Vietnam War and Dann Gillen born
1972 - Snoop Dogg born
1973 - The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama, arrives in Britain for the start of a 10-day tour during which he will "administer vows to people who want them".
1983 - Eyewitnesses say the prime minister and seven of his colleagues have been killed during a hardline military coup in Granada.
1988 - The British Government announces plans to change the law so that remaining silent could incriminate rather than protect a suspect.
2000 - Human rights activist James Mawdsley is released from prison in Burma where he has been held since 1999.
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