1603 - Elizabeth I of England dies aged 69
1874 - Harry Houdini born
1882 - Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dies
1887 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle born
1905 - Author Jules Verne dies
1911 - Joseph Barbera born
1919 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti born
1930 - Steve McQueen born
1953 - Her Majesty Queen Mary, the Queen's grandmother, dies in her sleep after a lengthy illness. Also Louie Anderson born
1964 - Annabella Sciorra born
1965 - Ranger 9 beams live pictures of the Moon to ordinary Americans as it hurtles down to crash on the surface.
1970 - Sharon Corr born
1974 - Alyson Hannigan born
1976 - Peyton Manning born
1978 - Violent seas split the Amoco Cadiz super tanker wrecked off the coast of France, destroying any hopes of salvaging any remaining oil and threatening an ecological disaster.
1981 - Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs is rescued by Barbados police following his kidnapping.
1989 - An oil tanker, the Exxon Valdez, runs aground off the Alaskan coast, releasing crude oil into the sea.
1992 - Punch, Britain's oldest satirical magazine, is to close after suffering crippling losses of £1.5m a year.
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