1765 - Robert Fulton born
1840 - Claude Monet born
1889 - Jawaharlal Nehru born
1900 - Aaron Copland born
1904 - Dick Powell born
1909 - Senator Joseph McCarthy born
1910 - Rosemary DeCamp born
1919 - Veronica Lake born
1921 - Brian Keith born
1929 - McLean Stevenson born
1935 - King Hussein of Jordan born
1948 - Prince Charles born
1954 - Condoleezza Rice and Yanni born
1973 - The wedding of the Queen's only daughter, Princess Anne to lieutenant Mark Phillips, takes place at Westminster Abbey. Also Six men and two women are convicted of exploding two IRA car bombs in London in March this year.
1975 - Travis Barker born
1977 - Firefighters claim widespread support for their first national strike, over a 30% pay demand.
1991 - Two Libyan intelligence officers are accused of masterminding the Lockerbie bombing.
2000 - Convoys of lorries and tractors converge on the capitals of England and Scotland to mark the 60-day deadline for government action to cut fuel tax.
2010 - Paul and Rachel Chandler are released in Somalia 13 months after being kindnapped by pirates. Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest ever world champion after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix aged 23 years and 106 days.
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