1811 - Franz Liszt born
1836 - Sam Houston becomes the first president of the Texas Republic
1844 - Sarah Bernhardt born
1882 - N.C. Wyeth born
1903 - Curly Howard born
1906 - Artist Paul Cezanne dies
1917 - Joan Fontaine born
1920 - Timothy Leary born
1922 - Mussolini becomes dictator of Italy
1938 - Christopher Lloyd born
1939 - Tony Roberts born
1942 - Annette Funicello born
1943 - Catherine Deneuve born
1952 - Jeff Goldblum born
1963 - Brian Boitano born
1966 - One of Britain's most notorious double-agents, George Blake, escapes from prison in a daring break-out believed to have been masterminded by the Soviet Union.
1968 - Shaggy born
1974 - A bomb explodes in a restaurant near to where opposition leader Edward Heath is dining in London.
1983 - Thousands gather in London to support the CND in their protest over the use of nuclear missiles.
1990 - Scientists tell the Royal Geographical Society how irrigation has destroyed what was once the world's fourth largest fresh water sea.
2001 - The UK prepares for more rain in what are thought to be the worst floods for twenty years.
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