1893 - Gummo Marx born
1911 - Winston Churchill is appointed First Lord of the Admiralty
1915 - Cricketer WG Grace dies
1920 - Frank Rizzo born
1925 - Johnny Carson born
1940 - Pelé born
1942 - Michael Crichton born
1951 - The Conservative leader, Winston Churchill, winds up his election campaign by denying he is a warmonger
1956 - Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Hungary to demand an end to Soviet rule.
1957 - Martin Luther King III born
1965 - Al Leiter born
1971 - British soldiers kill sisters Mary Ellen Meehan and Dorothy Maguire in a car speeding towards a checkpoint.
1983 - At least 146 American marines and 27 French servicemen are killed after two separate bomb attacks on military headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
1987 - Former champion jockey, Lester Piggott, is sentenced to three years imprisonment after being found guilty of an alleged tax fraud of over £3m.
2001 - The Northern Ireland peace process reaches an historic breakthrough as the IRA announce they are decommissioning their weapons.
2011 - Premier League Champions Manchester United are beaten 6 - 1 in the 160th 'Manchester Derby' at Old Trafford by Manchester City.
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