1782 - 8th President of the USA and one time American Ambassidor to the UK, Martin Van Buren born
1839 - George Armstrong Custer born
1901 - Walt Disney born
1902 - Strom Thurmond born
1905 - Sir Henry Campbell-Banner becomes the British Prime Minister
1906 - Otto Preminger born
1922 - The Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland) is proclaimed
1932 - Little Richard born
1933 - Prohibition in the US ends
1947 - Jim Messina born
1950 - Chinese troops have enter the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, as United Nations forces are pushed steadily back towards South Korea.
1951 - Morgan Brittany born
1965 - John Rzeznik born
1967 - Gary Allan born
1977 - President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt breaks all relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen.
1989 - Margaret Thatcher survives the first challenge to the leadership of the Conservative Party by beating backbencher Sir Anthony Meyer in a ballot at Westminster.
1991 - Administrators are called in to try and salvage the Maxwell business empire, which is at least £1bn in debt.
1995 - Sri Lankan troops drive the Tamil Tiger guerrillas out of their heartland capital of Jaffna after a 49-day operation.
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