1854 - John Philip Sousa born
1861 - James Naismith born
1887 - Walter Perry Johnson born
1931 - Mike Nichols born
1946 - Sally Field born
1948 - Glenn Frey born
1956 - British and French troops protecting allied interests in the Suez Canal battle with Egyptian soldiers in the Canal Zone.
1968 - After a day when the United States appeared to be on the brink of a constitutional crisis, Richard Nixon finally emerges as the country's next president.
1970 - Ethan Hawke born
1972 - The Conservative Government has frozen pay and prices in an attempt to halt spiralling inflation and actress Rebecca Romijn-Stamos born
1976 - Pat Tillman born
1986 - A Chinook helicopter carrying oil rig workers plunges into the North Sea off the coast of Scotland.
1996 - Bill Clinton is basking in a resounding victory over Republican Bob Dole and the prospect of four more years in the White House.
1999 - Australians reject a proposal to break ties with the British monarchy and become a republic.
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