1564 - Galileo Galilei born
1820 - Susan B. Anthony born
1882 - John Barrymore born
1902 - The Berlin Underground opens
1907 - Cesar Romero born
1927 - Harvey Korman born
1931 - Claire Bloom born
1942 - British forces in Singapore surrender to the Japanese, seven days after enemy troops first stormed the island.
1951 - Jane Seymour and Melissa Manchester born
1952 - King George is buried at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle after a solemn procession through London.
1954 - Matt Groening born
1961 - At least 73 people are killed when a Boeing 707 jet airliner crashes at Berg, near Brussels airport.
1964 - Chris Farley born
1967 - Jane Child born
1971 - The British Government launches a new decimal currency across the country. and Renee O'Connor born
1976 - Brandon Boyd born
1986 - Eight police officers are injured in the worst outbreak of violence yet outside the News International printing plant in Wapping, east London.
1989 - Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan, nine years after they invaded the country.
1996 - The long-awaited report into the sale of arms-to-Iraq in the 1980s is published and contains strong criticisms of the ministers involved.
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