1812 - Venezuela is wrecked by an earthquake
1913 - Canberra becomes capital of Australia
1921 - Gordon MacRae born
1922 - Jack Kerouac born
1928 - Edward Albee born
1932 - Andrew Young born
1940 - Al Jarreau born
1941 - Barbara Feldon born
1946 - Liza Minnelli born
1948 - James Taylor born
1962 - Darryl Strawberry born
1964 - Jimmy Hoffa, the president of the powerful American Teamsters union is sentenced to eight years on bribery charges.
1969 - Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman are married in a civil ceremony at Marylebone Register Office in London.
1984 - Tens of thousands of Britain's miners are stop work in what looks like becoming a long battle against job losses.
1993 - At least 200 people are killed when a series of devastating bombs explode in India's financial district in Bombay.
1999 - One of the 20th century's finest musicians Yehudi Menuhin dies, aged 82.
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