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- fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar .
- 1707 - An Allied Austria n army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa ( Spain ) in the War Of The Spanish Succession .
- 1719 - '' Robinson Crusoe '' by Daniel Defoe is published.
- 1792 - Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by Guillotine .
- 1792 - " La Marseillaise " ( French National Anthem ) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget De Lisle .
- 1829 - Charles Fremantle arrives in the '' HMS Challenger '' off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom .
- , triggering the Mexican-American War .
- 1847 - The last survivors of the Donner Party are out of the wilderness. See Donner Party Timeline for detailed chronology.
- 1849 - The Governor General Of Canada , Lord Elgin , signs the Rebellion Losses Bill , outraging Montreal 's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots .
- 1859 - Ground is broken for the Suez Canal .
- Admiral David Farragut capture the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana .
- – Confederate forces seize a Union wagon supply train on its way to Camden, Arkansas forcing Union General Frederick Steele to withdraw his troops to Little Rock, Arkansas .
- 1881 - Caulfield Grammar School is founded in Melbourne , Australia .
- declares war on Spain .
- 1901 - New York becomes the first U.S. state to require Automobile License Plate s.
- 1915 - The ANZAC tradition begins during World War I with a landing at Gallipoli on the Turkish coast.
- declares Martial Law in Ireland .
- 1916 - ANZAC Day commemorated for the first time.
- 1926 - Reza Khan is crowned Shah Of Iran under the name Reza Pahlavi .
- 1935 - Fire claimed the second capitol building in Salem, Oregon and burned down.
- 1938 - U.S. Supreme Court delivers opinion in '' Erie Railroad Co. V. Tompkins '' and overturns a century of federal common law.
- 1940 - The Faroese flag Merkið is made the official flag for the Faroe Islands .
- 1943 - The Demyansk Shield for German troops in commemoration of Demyansk Pocket was instituted.
- 1944 - The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
- and Russia n troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe , cutting the '' Wehrmacht '' of Nazi Germany in two, a milestone in the approaching End Of World War II In Europe .
- 1945 - Nazi occupation army leaves Milan after a partisan insurrection. This day is taken as symbol of the Liberation Of Italy .
- 1945 - Fifty nations gather in San Francisco , California to begin the United Nations Conference On International Organizations .
- '' describing the Double Helix structure of DNA .
- 1959 - The St. Lawrence Seaway , linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean , officially opens to Shipping .
- 1961 - Robert Noyce is granted a Patent for an Integrated Circuit .
- – The North Vietnam ese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnam ese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum .
- in Portugal restores Democracy .
- 1975 - As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnam ese Capital Saigon , the Australia n Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam .
- 1981 - More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a Nuclear Power Plant in Tsuruga , Japan .
- 1982 - Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords .
- 1983 - American Schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about Nuclear War .
- 1983 - Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto 's Orbit .
- 1986 - Mswati III was crowned King Of Swaziland , succeeding his father Sobhuza II .
- 1988 - In Israel , John Demjanuk is sentenced to death for War Crime s committed in World War II . He was accused of being a notorious guard at the Treblinka Extermination Camp known as " Ivan The Terrible " by survivors.
- 1989 - James Richardson is freed from a Florida prison 21 years after being wrongfully convicted of the murder of his seven children.
- 1993 - 300,000 Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, And Allied Activists march on Washington, DC demanding freedom from Discrimination .
- 2005 - The final piece of the Obelisk Of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937 .
- 2005 - Bulgaria and Romania sign ascession treaties gaining entrance into the European Union .
- 2005 - 107 die in Amagasaki Rail Crash in Japan .
- 32 - Marcus Salvius Otho , Roman Emperor (d. 69 )
- 1214 - King Louis IX Of France (d. 1270 )
- 1228 - Conrad IV Of Germany (d. 1254 )
- 1284 - King Edward II Of England (d. 1327 )
- 1287 - Roger De Mortimer, 1st Earl Of March , ''de facto'' ruler of England (d. 1330 )
- 1502 - Georg Major , German protestant theologian (d. 1574 )
- 1545 - Yi Sun Shin , Korean admiral (d. 1598 )
- 1599 - Oliver Cromwell , English statesman (d. 1658 )
- 1608 - Gaston, Duke Of Orléans , French politician (d. 1660 )
- 1621 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl Of Orrery , British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679 )
- 1694 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl Of Burlington , English architect (d. 1753 )
- 1710 - James Ferguson , Scottish astronomer (d. 1776 )
- 1725 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel , British admiral (d. 1786 )
- 1767 - Nicolas Oudinot , French marshal (d. 1847 )
- 1770 - Georg Sverdrup , Norwegian philologist (d. 1850 )
- 1849 - Felix Klein , German mathematician (d. 1925 )
- 1874 - Guglielmo Marconi , Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physics (d. 1937 )
- 1900 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli , Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958 )
- 1902 - Werner Heyde , German psychiatrist (d. 1964 )
- 1903 - Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov , Russian mathematician (d. 1987 )
- 1906 - William J. Brennan , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1997 )
- 1908 - Edward R. Murrow , American journalist (d. 1965 )
- 1909 - William Pereira , American architect (d. 1985 )
- 1914 - Ross Lockridge, Jr. , American writer (d. 1948 )
- 1917 - Ella Fitzgerald , American singer (d. 1996 )
- 1918 - Gerard Henri De Vaucouleurs , French astronomer (d. 1995 )
- 1921 - Karel Appel , Dutch painter
- 1923 - Albert King , American musician (d. 1992 )
- 1925 - Sammy Drechsel , German journalist, film director, and cabaret performer (d. 1986 )
- 1925 - Kay E. Kuter , American actor (d. 2003 )
- 1927 - Albert Uderzo , French cartoonist
- 1930 - Paul Mazursky , American film director and writer
- 1932 - William Roache , British television actor ( Coronation Street )
- 1932 - Meadowlark Lemon , American basketball player
- 1933 - Jerry Leiber , American composer
- 1934 - Peter McParland , Northern Irish footballer
- 1940 - Al Pacino , American actor
- 1945 - Björn Ulvaeus , Swedish singer and songwriter ( ABBA )
- 1945 - Stu Cook , American rock bassist ( Creedence Clearwater Revival )
- 1946 - Talia Shire , American actress
- 1946 - Vladimir Zhirinovsky , Russian politician
- 1947 - Johan Cruijff , Dutch footballer
- 1949 - Vicente Pernía , Argentine footballer
- 1950 - Steve Ferrone , British drummer
- 1952 - Ketil Bjørnstad , Norwegian pianist
- 1952 - Vladislav Tretiak , Soviet Union Ice Hockey Goalie from 1972-1984
- 1958 - Fish (b/ Derek Dick), Scottish singer and lyricist (ex- Marillion )
- 1960 - Bruce Redman , Australian film producer
- 1964 - Hank Azaria , American actor
- 1964 - Andy Bell , British singer and songwriter (band Erasure )
- 1964 - Wisit Sasanatieng , Thai film director
- 1965 - Eric Avery , American musician ( Jane's Addiction )
- 1969 - Joe Buck , baseball and American football broadcaster
- 1969 - Gina Torres , American actress
- 1969 - Darren Woodson , American football player
- 1969 - Renée Zellweger , American actress
- 1970 - Jason Lee , American actor
- 1185 - Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178 )
- 1265 - Roger De Quincy, 2nd Earl Of Winchester , English Crusader
- 1295 - King Sancho IV Of Castile
- 1472 - Leon Battista Alberti , Italian artist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404 )
- 1516 - John Yonge , English diplomat (b. 1467 )
- 1566 - Diane De Poitiers , mistress of King Henry II Of France (b. 1499 )
- 1566 - Louise Labé , French poet
- 1595 - Torquato Tasso , Italian poet (b. 1544 )
- 1605 - Naresuan , King of Siam (b. 1555 )
- 1644 - Chongzhen , Emperor of China (b 1611 )
- 1660 - Henry Hammond , English churchman (b. 1605 )
- 1690 - David Teniers The Younger , Flemish artist (b. 1610 )
- 1744 - Anders Celsius , Swedish astronomer (b. 1701 )
- 1770 - Jean-Antoine Nollet , French abbot and physicist (b. 1700 )
- 1800 - William Cowper , English poet (b. 1731 )
- 1840 - Siméon-Denis Poisson , French mathematician (b. 1781 )
- 1878 - Anna Sewell , English author (b. 1820 )
- 1911 - Emilio Salgari , Italian novelist (b. 1862 )
- 1937 - Michał Drzymała , Polish rebel (b. 1857 )
- 1943 - Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko , Russian theatre director (b. 1858 )
- 1968 - John Tewksbury , American athlete (b. 1876 )
- 1972 - George Sanders , British actor (b. 1906 )
- 1980 - Katia Mann , wife of German writer Thomas Mann (b. 1883 )
- 1982 - John Cardinal Cody , American cardinal (b. 1907 )
- 1990 - Dexter Gordon , American saxophonist (b. 1923 )
- 1995 - Art Fleming , American game show host (b. 1925 )
- 1995 - Ginger Rogers , American actress and dancer (b. 1911 )
- 1996 - Saul Bass , American graphics designer (b. 1920 )
- 1998 - Morris Wright , American writer (b. 1910 )
- 1999 - Lord Killanin , Irish International Olympic Committee president (b. 1914 )
- 2000 - David Merrick , American theatrical producer (b. 1911 )
- 2001 - Michele Alboreto , Italian race car driver (b. 1956 )
- 2002 - Indra Devi , yoga teacher (b. 1899 )
- 2002 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes , rapper (b. 1971 )
- 2003 - Samson Kitur , Kenyan athlete (b. 1966 )
- 2005 - Swami Ranganathananda , Indian monk and president of the Ramakrishna Mission (b. 1908 )
- 2006 - Jane Jacobs , influential critic of urban planning.
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