1412 - Joan of Arc born
1878 - Carl Sandburg born
1880 - Tom Mix born
1883 - Kahlil Gibran born
1912 - New Mexico becomes the 47th state of the US
1920 - Sun Myung Moon born
1929 - Vic Tayback born
1941 - Air ace Amy Johnson drowned in the Thames Estuary
1946 - Syd Barrett born
1955 - Rowan Atkinson born
1977 - The music publisher EMI ends its contract with the notorious punk rock group 'The Sex Pistols' after reports of abusive behaviour at Heathrow Airport
1983 - The Royal Navy arrests Captain Kent Kirk at sea for trespassing in British fishing territory
1992 - The US Government recommends doctors suspend the use of silicone breast implants as fears grow they could leak and affect the health of those using them
1994 - American figure-skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by a man brandishing a metal crowbar.
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