1853 - José Marti born
1887 - Arthur Rubenstein born
1912 - Jackson Pollock born
1933 - Susan Sontag born
1936 - Alan Alda born
1939 - Poet William Yeats dies
1953 - Teenager Derek Bentley is executed at Wandsworth Prison in London for his part in the murder of PC Sidney Miles. The conviction was quashed in 1998
1968 - A recovery team searches for wreckage from an American Air Force B-52 bomber armed with four hydrogen bombs. Also Sarah McLachlan born
1977 - Joey Fatone born
1980 - Nick Carter born
1981 - Elijah Wood born
1982 - Italian police rescue US Brigadier General James Dozier who has been held hostage by the Red Brigade for 42 days
1986 - The American space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after take-off killing all seven astronauts on board
1990 - Thousands of demonstrators take to the streets to protest against the interim Romanian government of Ion Iliescu
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