1198 Marie of France (died), Countess of Champagne (born 1145)
1514 Donato Bramante (died), Italian architect, designed the San Pietro in Montorio (born 1444)
1702 The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
1819 Henry Tate (born), English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (died 1899)
1820 Benjamin West (died), English-American painter (born 1738)
1822 Joseph Louis François Bertrand (born), French mathematician (died 1900)
1824 The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
1845 Johnny Appleseed (Jonathan Chapman) (died), American environmentalist (born 1774)
1851 The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
1861 The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adoptedied
1866 Ulysses F. Doubleday (died), American politician (born 1792)
1867 The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
1870 Louis Bachelier (born), French mathematician (died 1946)
1872 Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
1873 David Horsley (born), English-American businessman, co-founded Universal Studios (died 1933)
1874 Charles Sumner (died), American lawyer and politician (born 1811)
1880 Harry H. Laughlin (born), American eugenecist (died 1943)
1885 Malcolm Campbell (born), English race car driver (died 1948)
1888 The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
1898 Dorothy Gish (born), American actress (died 1968)
1903 Lawrence Welk (born), American accordion player and bandleader (died 1992)
1908 Benjamin Waugh (died), American minister and activist (born 1839)
1915 Hans Peter Keller (born), German poet and author (died 1988)
1915 J. C. R. Licklider (born), American computer scientist and psychologist (died 1990)
1920 Nicolaas Bloembergen (born), Dutch-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1921 Frank Harary (born), American mathematician (died 2005)
1927 In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
1931 Rupert Murdoch (born), Australian-American businessman, founded News Corporation
1932 Leroy Jenkins (born), American violinist and composer (Revolutionary Ensemble) (died 2007)
1932 Martin Richards (born), American film producer (died 2012)
1934 Sam Donaldson (born), American journalist
1936 Antonin Scalia (born), American jurist
1937 Joseph S. Cullinan (died), American businessman, co-founded Texaco (born 1860)
1941 World War II: President Franklin DIED Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
1942 World War II: General Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor.
1945 Harvey Mandel (born), American guitarist (Pure Food and Drug Act and Canned Heat)
1945 Tricia O’Neil (born), American actress
1945 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi lagoon in Operation Tan No. 2.
1947 Mark Stein (born), American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Vanilla Fudge)
1950 Bobby McFerrin (born), American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor
1950 Jerry Zucker (born), American director, screenwriter, and producer
1953 Derek Daly (born), Irish-American race car driver
1953 Jimmy Iovine (born), American record producer and businessman, co-founded Interscope Records and Beats Electronics
1955 Alexander Fleming (died), Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
1955 Oscar F. Mayer (died), German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (born 1859)
1956 Joey Buttafuoco (born), American businessman and criminal
1957 Richard E. Byrd (died), American admiral and explorer (born 1888)
1958 Eddie Lawson (born), American motorcycle racer
1958 Ole Kirk Christiansen (died), Danish businessman, founded The Lego Group (born 1891)
1960 Roy Chapman Andrews (died), American explorer (born 1884)
1962 Peter Berg (born), American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
1967 Geraldine Farrar (died), American soprano and actress (born 1882)
1969 John Daly (died), Irish runner (born 1880)
1969 Terrence Howard (born), American actor, singer, and producer
1970 Erle Stanley Gardner (died), American author (born 1889)
1971 Philo Farnsworth (died), American inventor (born 1906)
1971 Whitney Young (died), American activist (born 1921)
1974 Adam Wakeman (born), English keyboardist for Ozzy Osbourne’s band and also plays keyboards for Black Sabbath
1977 More than 130 hostages held in Washington, DIEDC. by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
1977 Ulysses S. Grant IV (died), American geologist and paleontologist (born 1893)
1978 Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel’s Operation Litani.
1983 Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
1986 Sonny Terry (died), American singer and harmonica player (born 1911)
1990 Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1993 Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
1996 Vince Edward (died)s, American actor and director (born 1928)
1999 Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
2004 Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people.
2006 Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
2006 Slobodan Milošević (died), Yugoslav politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1941)
2007 Betty Hutton (died), American actress and singer (born 1921)
2009 Charles Lewis, Jr. (died), American businessman, co-founded Tapout Clothing (born 1963)
2009 Winnenden school shooting: 16 are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
2010 Merlin Olsen (died), American football player and actor (born 1940)
2011 An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
2012 A US soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
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