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Events

359 – Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople , takes office.
969 – Byzatine Emperor Nikephoros II assassinated by his wife Theofano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes
1282 – Llywelyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri , near Builth Wells , south Wales .
1602 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva .
1789 – The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
1792 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
1816 – Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
1905 – A workers' uprising occurs, establishing the Shuliavka Republic in Kiev .
1907 – The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
1917 – British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
1917 – Lithuania declares its independence from Russia .
1925 – Quas Primas Roman Catholic papal encyclical introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
1927 – Guangzhou Uprising: Communist militia and worker Red Guards launch an uprising in the Chinese city of Guangzhou , taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
1931 – The British Parliament enacts the 1931 Statute of Westminster, establishing legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada , the Irish Free State, Dominion of Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective.
1937 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
1941 – World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States , following the Americans' declaration of war on Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor . The United States, in turn, declares war on Germany and Italy.
1946 – The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
1958 – French Upper Volta gains self-government from France, and becomes the Republic of Upper Volta, taking membership in the French Community.
1960 – French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French president Charles de Gaulle.
1962 – The last execution ever in Canada occurs to Arthur Lucas for murder
1964 – Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City . An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell at the building during the speech.
1971 – The Libertarian Party of the United States is formed.
1972 – Apollo 17 becomes the sixth Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
1980 – The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (also known as CERCLA or Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
1981 – El Mozote massacre : Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
1993 – Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
1994 – First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya .
1997 – The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
1998 – Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport , killing 101. The pilot flying the Thai Airways Airbus A310-300 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
2001 – The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
2005 – The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead , England .
2005 – Cronulla riots : Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who were not) in Cronulla Sydney . These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
2006 – The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
2007 – Two car bombs explode at the Constitutional Court building in Algiers and the United Nations office. An estimated 45 people are killed in the bombings.
2008 – Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

Births

1465 – Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)
1475 – Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
1566 – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650)
1680 – Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736)
1709 – Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)
1712 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (d. 1764)
1725 – George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)
1761 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835)
1781 – Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868)
1801 – Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)
1803 – Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)
1810 – Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857)
1830 – Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (d. 1872)
1838 – John Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (d. 1915)
1843 – Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
1856 – Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary and Marxist theoretician (d. 1918)
1858 – Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943)
1863 – Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d. 1941)
1873 – Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967)
1880 – Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
1882 – Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921)
1882 – Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
1882 – Fiorello La Guardia, American statesman (d. 1947)
1883 – Victor McLaglen, English-born American actor (d. 1959)
1889 – Walter Knott, American farmer (d. 1981)
1890 – Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935)
1890 – Mark Tobey, American painter (d. 1976)
1904 – Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
1905 – Robert Henriques, English writer (d. 1967)
1905 – Gilbert Roland, American actor (d. 1994)
1908 – Elliott Carter, American composer
1908 – Amon Göth, commandant of Nazi concentration camp (d. 1946)
1908 – Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese director
1909 – Ronald McKie, Australian author (d. 1991)
1909 – John Wyer, English sports car racing team manager (d. 1989)
1910 – Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937)
1911 – Val Guest, English film director (d. 2006)
1911 – Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2006)
1911 – Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (d. 2009)
1912 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (d. 2007)
1913 – Jean Marais, French actor (d. 1998)
1916 – Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)
1918 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer and Soviet dissident, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
1919 – Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000)
1921 – Liz Smith, British actress
1922 – Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (d. 2005)
1922 – Dilip Kumar, Indian actor
1922 – Grace Paley, American writer (d. 2007)
1923 – Betsy Blair, American actress (d. 2009)
1924 – Doc Blanchard, American football player (d. 2009)
1925 – Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
1926 – Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984)
1927 – John Buscema, American comics artist (d. 2002)
1930 – Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress
1930 – Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
1931 – Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress
1931 – Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player
1931 – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru (d. 1990)
1932 – Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan Contra leader (d. 1991)
1932 – Anne Heywood, English actress
1933 – Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician
1935 – Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007)
1935 – Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician
1935 – Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1936 – Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
1937 – Jim Harrison, American writer
1938 – Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer
1938 – McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
1938 – Reg Livermore, Australian entertainer
1939 – Tom Hayden, American politician and activist
1939 – Thomas McGuane, American writer
1940 – David Gates, American musician (Bread)
1941 – Max Baucus, American politician, senior senator of Montana
1941 – J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player
1942 – Donna Mills, American actress
1943 – John Kerry, American politician
1944 – Jon Garrison, American tenor
1944 – Lynda Day George, American actress
1944 – Brenda Lee, American singer
1946 – Susan Kyle (aka Diana Palmer, Susan S. Kyle, Diana Blayne, Katy Currie), American writer
1947 – Teri Garr, American film actress
1948 – Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek composer
1950 – Christina Onassis, American heiress (d. 1988)
1953 – Bess Armstrong, American actress
1954 – Jermaine Jackson, American singer (Jackson 5)
1954 – Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic engineer
1954 – Santiago Creel, Mexican politician
1955 – Stu Jackson, American basketball head coach
1956 – Lani Brockman, American actress, director and playwright
1958 – Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe)
1959 – Lisa Gastineau, American reality show star
1960 – Rachel Portman, English film composer
1961 – Marco Pierre White, English chef and restaurateur
1962 – Ben Browder, American actor
1962 – Paul Haslinger, Austrian-born composer
1962 – Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer
1963 – Jon Brion, American musician/record producer
1964 – Michel Courtemanche, French Canadian comedian
1964 – Justin Currie, Scottish singer and songwriter
1964 – John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case
1964 – David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic)
1964 – Cosy Sheridan, American singer
1964 – Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer
1966 – Gary Dourdan, American actor
1966 – Leon Lai, Hong Kong Cantonese singer/actor
1967 – Mo'Nique, American actress/comedienne
1967 – DJ Yella, American DJ and music producer (N.W.A)
1968 – Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer
1969 – Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster
1969 – Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer
1969 – Sean Grande, American sportscaster
1969 – Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer
1971 – Willie McGinest, American football player
1972 – Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1972 – Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer
1972 – Dana Macsim, Romanian television news reporter
1973 – Mos Def, American rapper and actor
1974 – Rey Mysterio, Mexican professional wrestler
1974 – Lisa Ortiz, TV animation and video game voice actress.
1974 – Ben Shephard, English TV personality
1974 – Lisa Ortiz, American voice actor
1975 – Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
1975 – Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress
1976 – Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player
1977 – Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
1979 – Rider Strong, American actor
1980 – Arya, Indian actor
1981 – Nikki Benz, Ukraine-born Canadian pornographic actress
1981 – Hamish Blake, Australian comedian
1981 – Paul Medhurst, Australian rules footballer
1981 – Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
1981 – Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
1982 – Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine racing driver
1983 – Yoh Miyamori, Japanese musician (Orange Range)
1984 – Leighton Baines, English footballer
1985 – Aiko Kayo, Japanese idol singer
1987 – Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer
1988 – Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer
1989 – Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess player

Deaths

384 – Pope Damasus I
1121 – Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)
1226 – Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)
1241 – Ogedei Khan, Emperor of the Mongol Empire
1282 – Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd
1282 – Michael VIII Palaiologos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 1225)
1532 – Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)
1582 – Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1508)
1694 – Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
1737 – John Strype, English historian (b. 1643)
1747 – Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. c. 1675)
1797 – Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
1840 – Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)
1872 – Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (b. 1830)
1880 – Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)
1892 – William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821)
1909 – Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855)
1918 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (b. 1876)
1920 – Olive Schreiner, South African writer (b. 1855)
1938 – Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1869)
1941 – John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922)
1941 – Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (b. 1856)
1945 – Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)
1950 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)
1957 – Musidora (Jeanne Roques), French actress (b. 1889)
1959 – Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900)
1964 – Sam Cooke, American singer (b. 1931)
1964 – Percy Kilbride, American actor (b. 1888)
1968 – Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter (b.1910)
1971 – Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902)
1975 – Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908)
1978 – Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
1978 – Paul O'Dea, American baseball player (b. 1920)
1979 – James J. Gibson, American perceptual psychologist (b. 1904)
1983 – Sir Neil Ritchie, British General (b. 1897)
1984 – Oskar Seidlin, German-born American scholar (b. 1911)
1987 – G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923)
1989 – Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)
1991 – Robert Q. Lewis, American game show host and actor (b. 1921)
1991 – Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic (b. 1906)
1992 – Michael Robbins, English actor (b. 1930)
1993 – Elvira Popescu, Romanian-born French actress (b. 1894)
1994 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
1995 – Arthur Mullard, English comedy actor (b. 1910)
1996 – Willie Rushton, English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor, performer and co-founder of the Private Eye satirical magazine. (b. 1937)
1997 – Eddie Chapman, British World War II spy and double agent, aka Agent Zigzag (b. 1914)
1998 – André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)
1998 – Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot) (b. 1968)
2000 – Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915)
2000 – David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916)
2003 – Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927)
2004 – José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962)
2004 – Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917)
2004 – M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b. 1916)
2006 – Elizabeth Bolden, American, oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death (b. 1890)
2007 – Christie Hennessy, Irish singer (b. 1945)
2007 – Grace Paley, American writer (b. 1922)
2008 – Bettie Page, American model (b. 1923)
2008 – Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960)