1873 - Enrico Caruso born
1885 - Chester W. Nimitz born
1921 - Abe Vigoda born
1932 - Michel Legrand born
1938 - James Farentino born
1942 - Joe Lieberman born
1947 - Edward James Olmos born
1950 - Clement Attlee returns as prime minister of Britain but with a single-figure majority.
1955 - Alain Prost and Steven Jobs born, also deep snow and freezing temperatures continue to cause havoc across much of Britain.
1956 - Eddie Murray born
1965 - Kristin Davis born
1966 - Billy Zane born
1968 - The South Vietnamese celebrate the recapture of the country's third city, Hue, after a battle lasting three weeks.
1971 - Commonwealth citizens lose their automatic right to remain in the UK under the government's new Immigration Bill.
1981 - The Prince of Wales and the Lady Diana Spencer end months of speculation by announcing they are to wed this summer.
1999 - London's police force is "institutionally racist" says a report on the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence.
2011 - The space shuttle Discovery, the world's most travelled spaceship, has thunders into orbit for the final time, four months behind schedule.
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