- 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus , Catherine Cornaro , sells her kingdom to Venice .
- and the Huguenot s defeat the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc De Mayenne during the French Wars Of Religion .
- , Cologne , France and Sweden sign the Truce Of Ulm .
- 1757 - On-board the '' HMS Monarch '', Admiral John Byng is executed by Firing Squad for neglecting his duty.
- 1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a Patent for the Cotton Gin .
- 1869 - Defeat of Titokowaru .
- 1889 - German Ferdinand Von Zeppelin patents his "'' Navigable Balloon ''"
- 1900 - The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States Currency on the Gold Standard .
- 1903 - The Hay-Herran Treaty , granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal , is ratified by the United States Senate . The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty.
- 1910 - Lakeview Gusher , the largest U.S. Oil Well Gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.
- by the Royal Navy after fleeing the disastrous Battle Of The Falkland Islands , the German light cruiser SMS Dresden is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.
- killed 248 and injured 93 victims.
- 1939 - German troops fully occupy the Czechoslovak provinces of Bohemia and Moravia .
- 1942 - John Bumstead and Orvan Hess became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using Penicillin .
- 1943 - World War II - The Kraków Ghetto is 'liquidated'.
- troops recapture Seoul .
- 1964 - A jury in Dallas, Texas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald , assassin of John F. Kennedy .
- 1967 - The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery .
- 1978 - The Israeli Defense Force , invades and occupies southern Lebanon , in Operation Litani
- 1979 - In China , a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing , killing at least 200.
- 1980 - In Poland , a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw , killing 87 people, including a 14-man American Boxing team.
- 1984 - Gerry Adams , head of Sinn Féin , is seriously wounded in an Assassin ation attempt in central Belfast .
- version 1.0.0 is released.
- becomes the first American Astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russia n launch vehicle.
- 1997 - The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly ''Chunking'') is upgraded to a Centrally Administered Municipality .
- 1998 - An Earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale hits southeastern Iran .
- 2004 - Vladimir Putin is re-elected president of Russia , while the PSOE wins elections in Spain just days after terrorist attacks in Madrid .
- 2005 - Cedar Revolution , where one million Lebanese went into the streets of Beirut to demonstrate against the Syrian military presence in Lebanon , and against the government, following the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri .
- 2007 - In India , 15 people were killed when police open fired on protesters at Singur , Nandigram in West Bengal . The farmers were protesting against the forceful acquisition of agricultural land by the government for setting up factories in collaboration with Tata Motors .
- 1638 - Johann Georg Gichtel , German mystic (d. 1710 )
- 1681 - Georg Philipp Telemann , German composer (d. 1767 )
- 1790 - Ludwig Emil Grimm , German painter and engraver (d. 1863 )
- 1804 - Johann Strauß, Sr. , Austrian composer (d. 1849 )
- 1813 - Joseph Philo Bradley , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1892 )
- 1823 - Théodore De Banville , French writer (d. 1891 )
- 1835 - Giovanni Schiaparelli , Italian astronomer (d. 1910 )
- 1844 - King Umberto I Of Italy (d. 1900 )
- 1853 - Ferdinand Hodler , Swiss painter (d. 1918 )
- 1854 - Paul Ehrlich , German scientist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1915 )
- 1854 - Alexandru Macedonski , Romanian writer (d. 1920 )
- 1862 - Vilhelm Bjerknes , Norwegian physicist (d. 1961 )
- 1863 - Casey Jones , American railroad engineer (d. 1900 )
- 1866 - Alexey Troitsky , Russian chess problemist (d. 1942 )
- 1869 - Algernon Blackwood , British writer (d. 1951 )
- 1879 - Albert Einstein , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955 )
- 1880 - Princess Thyra , daughter of Frederick VIII Of Denmark (d. 1945 )
- 1882 - Waclaw Sierpinski , Polish mathematician (d. 1969 )
- 1885 - Raoul Lufbery , American World War I pilot (d. 1918 )
- 1886 - Firmin Lambot , Belgian cyclist (d. 1964 )
- 1887 - Sylvia Beach , American publisher (d. 1962 )
- 1887 - Charles Reisner , American silent actor and film director (d. 1962 )
- 1888 - Marc-Aurèle Fortin , Quebec painter (d. 1970 )
- 1894 - Osa Johnson , American explorer (d. 1953 )
- 1898 - Arnold Chikobava , Georgian linguist (d. 1985 )
- 1899 - K.C. Irving , Canadian industrialist (d. 1992 )
- 1903 - Mustafa Barzani , Kurdish politician (d. 1979 )
- 1903 - Adolph Gottlieb American painter (d. 1974 )
- 1904 - Doris Eaton Travis , American actress, Ziegfeld Girl
- 1905 - Raymond Aron , French philosopher (d. 1983 )
- 1912 - Les Brown , American bandleader (d. 2001 )
- 1912 - Charles Van Acker , Belgian racing driver (d. 1998 )
- 1914 - Lee Elhardt Hays , American folksinger (d. 1981 )
- 1914 - Bill Owen , English actor (d. 1999 )
- 1914 - Lee Petty , American race car driver (d. 2000 )
- 1915 - Alexander Brott , Canadian conductor and composer (d. 2005 )
- 1916 - Horton Foote , American author, playwright and screenwriter
- 1918 - Dennis Patrick , American actor (d. 2002 )
- 1920 - Hank Ketcham , American cartoonist (d. 2001 )
- 1922 - Les Baxter , American musician and composer (d. 1996 )
- 1923 - Diane Arbus , American photographer (d. 1971 )
- 1925 - William Clay Ford, Sr. , American owner of the Detroit Lions
- 1925 - Francis A. Marzen , American Catholic prelate (d. 2004 )
- 1928 - Frank Borman , American astronaut and CEO
- 1931 - Phil Phillips , American singer and songwriter
- 1932 - Naina Yeltsina , Russia's first First Lady
- 1933 - Sir Michael Caine , English actor
- 1933 - René Felber , former member of the Swiss Federal Council
- 1933 - Quincy Jones , American musician and composer
- 1934 - Eugene Cernan , American astronaut
- 1934 - Paul Rader , the 15th General of The Salvation Army
- 1936 - Bob Charles , New Zealand golfer
- 1939 - Raymond J. Barry , American actor
- 1939 - Bertrand Blier , French film director and screenwriter
- 1939 - Stavros Xarhakos , Greek composer
- 1941 - Wolfgang Petersen , German director
- 1942 - Rita Tushingham , English actress
- 1943 - Anita Morris , American actress (d. 1994 )
- 1945 - Jasper Carrott , English comedian
- 1945 - Walter Parazaider , American saxophonist Chicago
- 1946 - Steve Kanaly , American actor
- 1947 - Pam Ayres , British poet
- 1948 - Billy Crystal , American actor and comedian
- 1950 - Rick Dees , American disc jockey
- 1951 - Jerry Greenfield , American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
- 1956 - Jonathan Bowen , English computer scientist
- 1957 - Andrew Robinson , British author
- 1958 - Albert II, Prince Of Monaco
- 1959 - Tamara Tunie , American actress
- 1960 - Kirby Puckett , American baseball player (d. 2006 )
- 1961 - Greg Anderson , American NHRA driver
- 1961 - Penny Johnson Jerald , American actress
- 1963 - Bruce Reid , Australian cricketer
- 1965 - James Kevin Brown , American baseball player
- 1965 - Catherine Dent , American actress
- 1965 - Aamir Khan , Indian actor
- 1965 - Kiana Tom , American fitness guru and model
- 1965 - Kevin Williamson , American screenwriter
- 1968 - Megan Follows , Canadian actress
- 1969 - Larry Johnson , American basketball player
- 1970 - Ebru Kavaklıoğlu , Russian athlete
- 1970 - Meredith Salenger , American actress
- 1974 - Patrick Traverse , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Stephen Harper , English footballer
- 1975 - Johan Paulik (aka Daniel Ferenčík), Slovak porn star
- 1975 - Wendy Rice , American actress
- 1976 - Merlin Santana , American actor (d. 2002 )
- 1977 - Aki Hoshino , Japanese model
- 1978 - Pieter Van Den Hoogenband , Dutch swimmer
- 1979 - Nicolas Anelka , French footballer
- 1979 - Chris Klein , American actor
- 1979 - Love , Angolan footballer
- 1979 - Sead Ramović , German-born Bosnian footballer
- 1980 - Aaron Brown , English footballer
- 1980 - Matteo Grassotto , Italian racing driver
- 1980 - Ben Herring , New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1980 - Mercedes McNab , Canadian-born actress
- 1981 - Bobby Jenks , American baseball player
- 1981 - Mei-Ting Sun , Chinese-born pianist
- 1983 - Bakhtiyar Artayev , Kazakh boxer
- 1983 - Taylor Hanson , American musician, member of Hanson
- 1985 - Eva Angelina , American porn star
- 1985 - Idaira , Spanish singer
- 1986 - Jamie Bell , English actor
- 1986 - Elton Chigumbura , Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1986 - Andy Taylor , English footballer
- 2007 - Simeon Hassan Muñoz , grandson of Simeon II Of Bulgaria
- 752 - Pope Zachary
- 968 - Matilda Of Ringelheim , German Queen
- 1457 - Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428 )
- 1471 - Sir Thomas Malory , English author (b. 1405 )
- 1647 - Frederick Henry, Prince Of Orange (b. 1584 )
- 1648 - Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax Of Cameron , English general (b. 1584 )
- 1680 - René Le Bossu , French critic (b. 1631 )
- 1682 - Jacob Isaakszoon Van Ruysdael , Dutch painter (b. 1628 )
- 1696 - Jean Domat , French jurist (b. 1625 )
- 1698 - Claes Rålamb , Swedish statesman (b. 1622 )
- 1748 - George Wade , British military leader (b. 1673 )
- 1757 - John Byng , British admiral (executed) (b. 1704 )
- 1791 - Johann Salomo Semler , German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725 )
- 1803 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , German writer (b. 1724 )
- 1805 - Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki , Russian general (b. 1753 )
- 1811 - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke Of Grafton , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1735 )
- 1823 - Charles François Dumouriez , French general (b. 1739 )
- 1883 - Karl Marx , German political theorist (b. 1818 )
- 1884 - Quintino Sella , Italian statesman (b. 1827 )
- 1932 - George Eastman , American inventor, and founder of Eastman Kodak (b. 1854 )
- 1946 - Werner Von Blomberg , field marshal (b. 1878 )
- 1949 - John Callan O'Laughlin , American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873 )
- 1973 - Howard Aiken , American engineer (b. 1900 )
- 1973 - Rafael Godoy , Colombian composer (b. 1907 )
- 1973 - Chic Young , American cartoonist (b. 1901 )
- 1975 - Susan Hayward , American actress (b. 1917 )
- 1976 - Busby Berkeley , American choreographer and director (b. 1895 )
- 1977 - Fannie Lou Hamer , American civil rights activist (b. 1917 )
- 1980 - Mohammad Hatta , Indonesian politician (b. 1902 )
- 1983 - Maurice Ronet , French film actor (b. 1927 )
- 1989 - Edward Abbey , American author and environmental activist (b. 1927 )
- 1991 - Howard Ashman , American lyricist and playwright (b. 1950 )
- 1991 - Doc Pomus , American composer (b. 1925 )
- 1991 - Margery Sharp , children's author (b. 1905 )
- 1992 - Jean Poiret , French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1926 )
- 1995 - William Alfred Fowler , American physicist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1911 )
- 1997 - Fred Zinnemann , Austrian-born director (b. 1907 )
- 1999 - Kirk Alyn , American actor (b. 1910 )
- 2002 - Hans-Georg Gadamer , German philosopher (b. 1900 )
- 2002 - Cherry Wilder , New Zealand-born author (b. 1930 )
- 2003 - Jack Goldstein , Canadian-born artist (b. 1945 )
- 2003 - Jean-Luc Lagardère , French publisher (b. 1928 )
- 2006 - Lennart Meri , former president of Estonia (b. 1929 )
- 2007 - Lucie Aubrac , French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912 )
- 2007 - Gareth Hunt , English actor (b. 1943 )
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