1800 - 13th U.S. President, Millard Fillmore born
1912 - Charles Addams born
1928 - Author of The Exocist, William Peter Blatty born
1938 - Paul Revere born
1948 - Kenny Loggins born
1957 - Katie Couric born
1964 - Nicolas Cage born
1965 - Identical twin brothers Ronald and Reginald Kray are placed in custody charged in connection with running a protection racket.
1971 - David Yost born
1976 - A British naval frigate is involved in a collision with an Icelandic gunboat in the Atlantic.
1980 - Indians vote Indira Gandhi back into power - less than three years after rejecting her "emergency dictatorship".
1990 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public for the first time in its history amid safety fears.
2000 - Former Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is released from jail after serving less than half of his 18-month sentence.
2011 - England beat Australia by an innings and 89 runs at the SCG in the fifth and final Ashes test match. This was the first series victory down under for England in 24 years.
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