- 1132 - Battle Of Nocera between Ranulf II Of Alife and Roger II Of Sicily .
- 1216 - Cencio Savelli is consecrated as Pope Honorius III .
- 1411 - Battle Of Harlaw , one of the bloodiest battles on Scottish soil.
- 1487 - Citizens of Leeuwarden , Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer.
- 1534 - French Explorer Jacques Cartier planted a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and took possession of the territory in the name of the King Francis I of France .
- 1567 - Mary Queen Of Scots is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son James VI .
- 1701 - Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac founded trading post at Fort Pontchartrain , which later becomes the city of Detroit .
- Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown 's American invaders.
- 1823 - Slavery is abolished in Chile
- 1832 - Benjamin Bonneville leads the first Wagon Train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming 's South Pass .
- 1847 - After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley , resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City . Celebrations of this event include the Pioneer Day Utah state holiday and the Days Of '47 Parade .
- - Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union Army troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley .
- becomes the first U.S. State to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War .
- 1901 - O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for Embezzlement from a bank.
- 1911 - Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu "the Lost City of the Inca s".
- 1915 - Passenger ship '' Eastland '' capsizes in central Chicago , with the loss of 845 lives.
- 1923 - The Treaty Of Lausanne , settling the boundaries of modern Turkey , is signed in Switzerland by Greece , Bulgaria and other countries that fought in the First World War .
- 1924 - The World Chess Federation FIDE is founded in Paris.
- 1927 - The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres .
- 1929 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact , renouncing War as an instrument of Foreign Policy , goes into effect (it was first signed in Paris on August 27 , 1928 by most leading world powers).
- 1931 - A fire at a home for aged people in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people.
- 1935 - The world's first Children's Railway opens in Tbilisi , USSR .
- 1935 - The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (44°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin .
- 1937 - Alabama drops Rape charges against the so-called " Scottsboro Boys ."
- and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those of the Americans by day. By the end of the operation in November , 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
- 1956 - At New York City 's Copacabana Club , Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis perform their last Comedy show together which started on July 25 , 1946 .
- 1956 - Khartoum University College is awarded university status becoming the University Of Khartoum .
- 1959 - At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow , US Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a " Kitchen Debate ."
- 1964 - One Criticality (nuclear) Accident at Charlestown in Rhode Island (US), killing one.
- s escorting a bombing raid at Kang Chi are the targets of Antiaircraft Missile s in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other three sustain damage.
- 1966 - Michael Pelkey made the first BASE Jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken Bones . BASE jumping is now been banned from El Cap.
- '' (Long live free Quebec!). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec Independence , delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians .
- 1967 - Beatles : sign a petition in The Times to legalise marijuana.
- '' splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean .
- unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
- 1974 - After the Turkish Invasion Of Cyprus the Greek Military Junta collapses and Democracy Is Restored .
- 1977 - End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War .
- 1979 - Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th career Home Run off of Oakland A's Mike Morgan at Fenway Park .
- 1983 - George Brett , batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees , has a game-winning home run nullified in the " Pine Tar Incident ".
- 1985 - Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai
- 1990 - Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait / Iraq border.
- 1991 - Government of India announces the New Industrial Policy, marking the start of India 's economic reforms.
- 1998 - Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
- 2001 - Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, was sworn in as Prime Minister Of Bulgaria , and became the only Monarch in history to regain Political Power through democratic Election to a different office.
- 2001 - The Taiwan Solidarity Union is established.
- 2001 - Larry A. Silverstein signs a $3.2 billion, 99-year lease on the entire World Trade Center Complex , 7 weeks before the September 11, 2001 Attacks .
- 2002 - James Traficant is expelled from the United States House Of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1.
- 2002 - Alfred Moisiu becomes President of Albania .
- 2005 - Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour De France .
- 2007 - Libya frees all six of the Medics in the HIV Trial In Libya .
- 1660 - Charles Talbot, 1st Duke Of Shrewsbury , English politician (d. 1718 )
- 1725 - John Newton , English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807 )
- 1757 - Vladimir Borovikovsky , Russian painter (d. 1825 )
- 1783 - Simón Bolívar , South American liberator (d. 1830 )
- 1786 - Joseph Nicollet , French mathematician and explorer (d. 1843 )
- 1794 - Johan Georg Forchhammer , Danish geologist (d. 1865 )
- 1802 - Alexandre Dumas, Père , French writer (d. 1870 )
- 1803 - Adolphe Charles Adam , French composer (d. 1856 )
- 1826 - Ivan Bloch , military theorist and peace activist (d. 1902 )
- 1851 - Friedrich Schottky , German mathematician (d. 1935 )
- 1853 - William Gillette , American actor and author (d. 1937 )
- 1856 - Charles Émile Picard , French mathematician (d. 1941 )
- 1857 - Henrik Pontoppidan , Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943 )
- 1860 - Alfons Mucha , Czech artist (d. 1939 )
- 1864 - Frank Wedekind , German writer (d. 1918 )
- 1867 - Edward Frederic Benson , English writer (d. 1940 )
- 1874 - Oswald Chambers , Christian writer (d. 1917 )
- 1877 - Calogero Vizzini , Sicilian Mafioso (d. 1954 )
- 1878 - Lord Dunsany , Irish writer (d. 1957 )
- 1880 - Ernest Bloch , Swiss composer (d. 1959 )
- 1880 - Kristian Hellström , Swedish athlete (d. 1946 )
- 1895 - Robert Graves , English author (d. 1985 )
- 1897 - Amelia Earhart , American aviator (disappeared 1937 )
- 1899 - Chief Dan George , Meti actor (d. 1981 )
- 1900 - Zelda Fitzgerald , American artist, wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (d. 1948 )
- 1904 - Leo Arnaud , French-American composer (d. 1991)
- 1908 - Cootie Williams , American trumpeter (d. 1985 )
- 1910 - Harry Horner , American art director (d. 1994 )
- 1914 - Ed Mirvish , Canadian businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario (d. 2007 )
- 1916 - John D. MacDonald , American novelist, (d. 1986 )
- 1917 - Robert Farnon , Canadian-born conductor, composer, and arranger (d. 2005 )
- 1918 - Ruggiero Ricci , American violinist
- 1919 - Ferdinand Kübler , Swiss cyclist
- 1920 - Bella Abzug , U.S. Congresswoman From New York (d. 1998 )
- 1922 - Madeleine Ferron , French Canadian writer
- 1931 - Ermanno Olmi , Italian director
- 1931 - Éric Tabarly , French sailor (d. 1998 )
- 1933 - Doug Sanders , American golfer
- 1933 - John Aniston , American Actor
- 1935 - Pat Oliphant , Australian political cartoonist
- 1936 - Ruth Buzzi , American actress and comedian
- 1936 - Mark Goddard , American actor
- 1938 - Eugene J. Martin , American painter, artist
- 1940 - Stanley Hauerwas , American theologian
- 1942 - Chris Sarandon , American actor
- 1945 - Azim Premji , Indian businessman
- 1947 - Robert Hays , American actor
- 1947 - Peter Serkin , American pianist
- 1947 - Zaheer Abbas , Pakistani cricketer
- 1949 - Michael Richards , American comedian
- 1949 - Yves Duteil , French singer and songwriter
- 1951 - Lynda Carter , American actress
- 1951 - Chris Smith , British politician
- 1952 - Gus Van Sant , American film director
- 1955 - Andrzej Łuczak , Polish stucco decorator, painter, photographer
- 1956 - Charles Crist , Governor Of Florida
- 1956 - Pat Finn , American game show host and producer
- 1957 - Pam Tillis , American singer
- 1961 - Kerry Dixon , former English footballer
- 1963 - Paul Geary , American musician ( Extreme )
- 1963 - Julie Krone , American jockey
- 1963 - Karl Malone , American basketball player
- 1964 - Barry Bonds , American baseball player
- 1964 - PJ Phillips , British musician
- 1964 - Banana Yoshimoto , Japanese author
- 1965 - Kadeem Hardison , American actor
- 1965 - Andrew Gaze , Australian basketball player
- 1966 - Martin Keown , English footballer
- 1968 - Kristin Chenoweth , American singer and actress
- 1968 - Laura Leighton , American actress
- 1969 - Rick Fox , Bahamian basketball player
- 1969 - Jennifer Lopez , American actress and singer
- 1970 - Stephanie Adams , American model and author
- 1971 - John Partridge , English singer
- 1971 - Oliver Jones , Australian singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and audio engineer
- 1972 - Reverend Jen Miller , American poet, painter, writer and actress
- 1975 - Torrie Wilson , American wrestler
- 1975 - Eric Szmanda , American actor
- 1975 - Jamie Langenbrunner , American ice hockey player
- 1976 - Nate Bump , American baseball player
- 1976 - Rafer Alston , American basketball player
- 1976 - Tiago Monteiro , Portuguese Formula One driver
- 1977 - Mehdi Mahdavikia , Iranian football player
- 1979 - Stat Quo , American rapper
- 1979 - Anne-Gaëlle Sidot , French tennis player
- 1979 - José Valverde , American baseball player
- 1979 - Rose Byrne , Australian actress
- 1980 - Gauge , American pornographic actress
- 1980 - Wilfred Bungei , Kenyan middle-distance runner
- 1981 - Summer Glau , American actress
- 1982 - Anna Paquin , Canadian-born actress
- 1982 - Elise Crombez , Belgian supermodel
- 1982 - Thiago Medeiros , Brazilian racing driver
- 1983 - Daniele De Rossi , Italian footballer
- 1984 - John Dhani Lennevald , Swedish singer (former A-Teens member)
- 1985 - Teagan Presley , American pornographic actress
- 1985 - Patrice Bergeron , Canadian hockey player
- 1986 - Justin Berry , American anti-child porn advocate
- 1987 - Mara Wilson , American actress
- 1990 - Daveigh Chase , American actress
- 1998 - Bindi Irwin , activist and daughter of the late Steve Irwin
- 1115 - Matilda, Countess Of Tuscany (b. 1046 )
- 1129 - Shirakawa , Emperor Of Japan (b. 1053 )
- 1240 - Konrad Von Thüringen , fifth Grand Master Of The Teutonic Knights
- 1394 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl Of Buchan , Scottish prince (b. 1343 )
- 1568 - Prince Don Carlos Of Spain (b. 1545 )
- 1594 - John Boste , Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544 )
- 1739 - Benedetto Marcello , Italian composer (b. 1686 )
- 1768 - Nathanial Lardner , English theologian (b. 1684 )
- 1862 - Martin Van Buren , 8th President Of The United States (b. 1782 )
- 1910 - Arkhip Kuindzhi , Russian painter (b. 1841 )
- 1927 - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Japanese writer (b. 1892 )
- 1957 - Sacha Guitry , French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1885 )
- 1965 - Constance Bennett , American actress (b. 1904 )
- 1966 - Tony Lema , American Golfer (b. 1934 )
- 1969 - Witold Gombrowicz , Polish novelist and dramatist (b. 1904 )
- 1970 - Peter De Noronha , Indian businessman (b. 1897 )
- 1974 - James Chadwick , English physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1891 )
- 1980 - Peter Sellers , British comedian and actor (b. 1925 )
- 1986 - Fritz Albert Lipmann , American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1899 )
- 1991 - Isaac Bashevis Singer , Polish-born Yiddish author, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1904 )
- 1992 - Sam Berger , Canadian football owner (b. 1900 )
- 1992 - Arletty , French singer and actress (b. 1898 )
- 1995 - George Rodger , British photojournalist (b. 1908 )
- 1996 - Mohammed Farah Aidid , Somali warlord (b. 1934 )
- 1997 - William J. Brennan , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1906 )
- 1997 - Saw Maung , Burmese dictator (b. 1928 )
- 2001 - Georges Dor , French Canadien author, composer, singer and playwright (b. 1931 )
- 2005 - Richard Doll , English epidemiologist (b. 1912 )
- 2007 - Albert Ellis , American Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist (b. 1913 )
Roman Catholicism
- Saint David
- Saint Declan , Bishop Of Ardmore
- Saint Francis Solanus
- Vigil of Saint James apostle
- Saint Lupus , Bishop Of Troyes , confessor
- Saint Pavacius , Bishop Of Le Mans Paderborn, LeMans, Sens
- Saint Romanus , second Bishop Of Rochester =?
- Saints Romanus And David , martyrs
- Saint Turibius and companions, martyrs Paderborn
- Saint Ursicinus , Bishop Of Sens , confessor Sens
- Saint Wulfhad and Ruffin, martyrs
- Saint Ruffin
- Saint Sharbel Makhluf
- Saint Christina The Astonishing ?Blessed (d.1224) =? Christina, virgin, martyr common
- Saint Kinga /Cunegundes ?Blessed (d. 1292) Poland
- Saint Lewine , virgin, martyr =? Saint Livina
- Saint Segolena , widow Metz, Albi
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