1814 - The Marquis de Sade dies
1859 - Georges Seurat born
1863 - Charles Ringling born
1923 - Maria Callas born
1946 - Gianni Versace born
1948 - Cathy Lee Crosby born
1952 - Michael McDonald born
1954 - US President Dwight D Eisenhower announces the signing of a pact of mutual security with the Nationalist Chinese Government.
1968 - Lucy Liu born
1973 - Monica Seles born
1977 - Security police in South Africa are exonerated of any blame in the death of black consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while in detention. In addition the United States Senate censures Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy for conduct unbecoming to a senator.
1978 - Nelly Furtado born
1980 - Ric Felix born
1981 - Britney Spears born
1988 - Thousands of people die in the most devastating cyclone to strike Bangladesh in almost 20 years, the UN reports.
1995 - Former futures trader Nick Leeson is jailed for six-and-a-half years for his part in the collapse of Britain's oldest merchant bank.
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