1800 - Charles Goodyear born
1808 - Andrew Johnson born
1845 - Texas becomes the 28th state of the US
1936 - Mary Tyler Moore born
1938 - Jon Voight born
1946 - Marianne Faithfull born
1947 - Ted Danson born
1954 - Ed Autry born
1966 - Bryan "Dexter" Holland born
1972 - Jude Law born
1975 - Radical new legislation introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status comes into force in the UK.
1984 - Rajiv Gandhi claims a massive victory for his assassinated mother's Congress Party in the Indian general election.
1986 - Lord Stockton, the former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, dies aged 92.
1998 - Six people have died after mountainous seas smashed into yachts taking part in the prestigious Sydney to Hobart race.
2000 - A blanket of snow descends on the country as Arctic conditions disrupt travel.
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