- 1496 -Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine
- 1521 -Leo X Pāpa hæfþMartin Luther āmānsumod.
- 1749 -Benning Wentworth begann ingefeallan þāNīwe Hampscīr Bōcunge on land þætNīwe Eoforwic āhte, se getēVermontes staðol tōweard.
- 1777 -Princeton Beadu. Americanisc heretogaGeorge Washington defeats Bryttisc heretogaCharles Cornwallis.
- 1815 -Ēastrīce,Bryten andFrancland geþoftiaþ diernlice wiðPrussia andRussland.
- 1823 -Stephen F. Austin landriht geþāh onTexas fram þǣreMexico lēodweard.
- 1833 -Bryten seizes control of theFalcland Īege in þǣmSūþ Atlantic.
- 1834 - SēoMexico lēodweard hæftaþStephen F. Austin inMexicoceaster
- 1840 -The Port Phillip Herald (Philippes Hȳð Boda) gegryndde George Cavanaugh (sē is ān on þǣmHerald Sun ofMelbourne, Australia foregengan).
- 1861 -Americanisc Ingefeoht:Delaware votes not to secede þǣmGeānlǣhtan Rīcum.
- 1868 - TheIapaniscMeiji cynecyn is restored and theShogunate is abolished.
- 1888 - The 91-cm refractingfeorglæs ætLick Observatory, æt þǣre stunde þæt man brūcode þæt grīeteste feorglæs in þǣre worulde for þǣre ǣrestan tīde.
- 1899 - The first known use of the wordautomobile (se isselffarend wægn, in an editorial in theNew York Times.
- 1925 -Benito Mussolini forcwæþ þæt hē nime tictatorisc rīcetere oferItalie.
- 1926 - Se heretogaTheodorus Pāngulos names himselfCrēcaland tictator.
- 1938 - SeMarch of Dimes is established byFranklin Delano Roosevelt.
- 1947 - Proceedings of theU.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
- 1951 -Dragnet is ǣrreste gesceawen onfēorrsēone (NBC).
- 1957 -Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electricwatch.
- 1958 -West Indies Federation formed.
- 1959 -Alasca weorþ þæt 49þRīce þāra Geānlæhtan Rīca.
- 1961 - ÞāGeānlǣhtan Rīcu severs diplomatic relations midCuban.
- 1961 - TheSL-1, government-run reactor nearIdaho Falls, Idaho leaks radiation, killing three workers at the installation. The radiation is contained.
- 1962 -Iohannes XXIII Pāpa hæfþFidel Castro āmānsumod.
- 1966 - ǢrestAcid Test atthe Fillmore,San Francisco, California.
- 1973 -Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells theNew York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led byGeorge Steinbrenner.
- 1987 -Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into theRock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- 1990 - Manuel Noriega se heretoga, āwearp "Strangmann Panamum", forleorton tō Americanisc here.
- 1993 - InMoscau,George H. W. Bush andBoris Ieltsin sign the secondStrategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
- 1994 - AnAeroflotTupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkhutsk onRussum killing 125 including 1 on the ground
- 1997 -NBC'sToday showBryant Gumbel signs off for the last time.
- 2000 - The lastPeanuts comic strip was created byCharles Schulz.
- 2004 -Flight 604, aBoeing 737 owned byFlash Airlines,Ǣgyptisc lyftfæt, plunges into þoneRēadan Sæ, killing all 148 aboard.
- 106 BC -Cicero, Romanisc statesman and philosopher (d.43 BC)
- 1793 -Lucretia Mott, Americanisc women's rights activist and abolitionist (d.1880)
- 1803 -Douglas William Jerrold, Bryttisc dramatic playwright and political satirist (d.1857)
- 1829 -Konrad Duden, philologist (d.1911)
- 1840 -Father Damien, Belgisc missionary priest inHawai'i (d.1888)
- 1855 -Hubert Bland,Englisc socialist and co-founder ofFabian Society (d.1914)
- 1879 -Grace Coolidge,Forma hlāfdige þāra Geānlǣhtra Underrīca (d.1957)
- 1883 -Clement Attlee,Fyrmestscealc þæs Geānlǣhtan Cynerīces (d.1967)
- 1887 -August Macke, German painter (d.1914)
- 1892 -J. R. R. Tolkien, Englisc wrītere and philologist inSūþum African geboren (d.1973)
- 1897 -Pola Negri, Polisc actress (d.1987)
- 1897 -Marion Davies, Americanisc actress (d.1961)
- 1901 -Ngo Dinh Diem, ForesittendSūþes Vietnames (d.1963)
- 1905 -Anna May Wong, Chinese-American actress (d.1961)
- 1907 -Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d.1986)
- 1909 -Victor Borge, Denisc entertainer and humorist (d.2000)
- 1911 -John Sturges, director
- 1916 -Betty Furness, Americanisc actress, consumer activist (d.1994)
- 1920 -Renato Carosone, Italianisc musician and sangere (d.2001)
- 1924 -Hank Stram,Americanisc fōtball coach, broadcaster
- 1926 -George Martin, "Fīfta Beatle": producer ofThe Beatles' records
- 1929 -Sergio Leone, Italianisc director (d.1989)
- 1930 -Robert Loggia, Americanisc actor
- 1932 -Dabney Coleman, Americanisc actor
- 1936 -Georgina Spelvin,pornographic film actress
- 1939 -Bobby Hull, Canadianice hockey player
- 1941 -Van Dyke Parks, Americanisc musician, composer
- 1942 -John Thaw, Bryttisc actor (d.2002)
- 1945 -Stephen Stills, Americanisc singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- 1945 -Victoria Principal, Americanisc actress
- 1946 -John Paul Jones, Englisc bassist fromLed Zeppelin
- 1956 -Mel Gibson, Australisc actor and director
- 1957 -Bojan Križaj, Slovenisc alpine skier
- 1960 -Joan Chen, Chinese actress
- 1966 -Chetan Sharma,Indian cricketer
- 1969 -Michael Schumacher, German Formula One driver
- 1970 -Mohamed Bahr , Alexandria,Egypt
- 1975 -Danica McKellar, Americanisc actress
- 1976 -Jason Marsden, actor
- 1981 -Polly Klaas, young victim of crime (d.1993)
- 1982 -Eli Manning,American footballquarterback
- 1985 -Jan Hermann, basketball
- 1989 -Alex D. Linz, actor
- 1322 -Philip V Franca Cyning (b.1293)
- 1543 -Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, ǣrest Europeaisc mann to visitCalifornia (b.1499)
- 1641 -Jeremiah Horrocks, Englisc astronomer (b. ca.1619)
- 1785 -Baldassare Galuppi, Italianisc composer (b.1706)
- 1795 -Josiah Wedgwood, Bryttisc crocwyrhta (b.1730)
- 1875 -Pierre Larousse, Frencisc editor and wīsdōmbōcesmann (b.1817)
- 1923 -Jaroslav Hasek, Czech novelist (b.1883)
- 1933 -Jack Pickford, Canadisc actor, Hollywood's first "bad boy" (b.1896)
- 1945 -Edgar Cayce, Americanisc psychic (b.1877)
- 1946 -William Joyce, Americanisc Nazi propagandist (executed) (b.1906)
- 1950 -Emil Jannings, Swiss plegere (b.1884)
- 1967 -Jack Ruby, onbestǣlde cwellendLee Harvey Oswaldes (b.1911)
- 1979 -Conrad Hilton, Americanisc hotelier (b.1887)
- 1980 -Joy Adamson, Czech conservationist and author (b.1910)
- 1981 - Her Royal HighnessPrincess Alice of Albany,Uictorie Cwēne last grandchild (b.1883)
- 1992 - DameJudith Anderson, Australisc actress (b.1897)
- 2002 -Freddy Heineken, Niðerlandisc CEO of thebeerbrewery (b.1923)
- 2003 -Sid Gillman, Americanisc fōtball coach (b.1911)
- 2003 -Josē Maria Gironella, writere and scop.
