1830 - Belguim gains independence
1835 - The Republic of Texas is proclaimed
1868 - Harvey Firestone born
1898 - Irene Dunne born
1915 - The Allies evacuate Galipoli
1922 - George Roy Hill born
1924 - Hitler is released from prison
1945 - Peter Criss born
1946 - Uri Geller born
1955 - The United Nations General Assembly elects Yugoslavia to the hotly-contested temporary seat on the Security Council.
1957 - Billy Bragg born
1973 - The Spanish Prime Minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is killed in a car bomb attack in Madrid.
1979 - It is announced that more than five million council house tenants in Britain are to be given the right to buy their home.
1981 - Mousehole lifeboat lost at see with crew
1989 - President George Bush orders the invasion of Panama but US troops fail to capture dictator Manuel Noriega.
1995 - The Queen has urged the Prince and Princess of Wales to seek "an early divorce".
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