1867 - Arturo Toscanini born
1881 - Béla Bartók born
1908 - David Lean born
1920 - Howard Cosell born
1921 - Simone Signoret born
1934 - Gloria Steinem born
1940 - Anita Bryant born
1942 - Aretha Franklin born
1943 - Paul Michael Glaser born
1946 - Bonnie Bedelia born
1947 - Elton John born
1950 - Norway comes to North London for a ski-jumping competition complete with imported snow.
1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker born
1971 - Sheryl Swoopes born
1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia has dies after a gun attack despite the efforts of doctors to keep him alive. Also members of an extreme right-wing UK party, flanked by 2,000 police officers, march through north London protesting against integration with Europe.
1976 - Amy Smart born
1980 - The British Olympic Association votes by a large majority to defy government requests and send athletes to the Olympic Games in Moscow.
2000 - David Trimble narrowly beats off a challenge to his leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party.
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