1886 - The Statue of Liberty was 'unveiled'
1914 - Jonas Salk born
1927 - Cleo Laine born
1936 - Charlie Daniels born
1944 - Dennis Franz born
1955 - Bill Gates born
1962 - US President John F Kennedy welcomes Russia's announcement that it will dismantle its missiles based in Cuba and Daphne Zuniga born
1967 - Julia Roberts born
1974 - Sports Minister Denis Howell's wife and young son survive a bomb attack on their car and Joaquin Phoenix born
1979 - Chairman Hua Kuo-Feng, the first Chinese leader to visit Britain, is welcomed at Heathrow by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
1986 - A 24-year-old Essex man is sentenced to life for killing five members of his family, including his two young nephews.
2001 - Masked gunmen burst into a church in eastern Pakistan killing 18 people including children who were at prayer.
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