100 BC Julius Caesar (born), Roman General (died 44 BC)
1493 Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
1536 Desiderius Erasmus (died), Dutch priest and philosopher (born 1466)
1543 King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
1561 Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
1562 Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
1584 Steven Borough (died), English explorer (born 1525)
1596 Michael I of Russia (born), Tsar of All Russia (died 1645)
1664 Stefano della Bella (died), Italian engraver (born 1610)
1682 Jean Picard (died), French astronomer (born 1620)
1712 Richard Cromwell (died), English politician (born 1626)
1730 Josiah Wedgwood (born), English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (died 1795)
1776 Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
1789 French revolutionary and radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gave a speech in response to the dismissal of Jacques Necker France’s finance minister the day before. The speech calls the citizens to arms and leads to the Storming of the Bastille two days later.
1799 Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of The Punjab (Sikh Empire) .
1801 French Revolutionary Wars: British Royal Navy ships inflict heavy damage against Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.
1804 Alexander Hamilton (died), American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1755)
1804 Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
1807 Thomas Hawksley (born), English engineer (died 1893)
1812 War of 1812: the United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
1813 Claude Bernard (born), French physiologist (died 1878)
1817 Henry David Thoreau (born), American philosopher and author (died 1862)
1824 Eugène Boudin (born), French painter (died 1898)
1828 Nikolay Chernyshevsky (born), Russian philosopher (died 1889)
1849 Dolley Madison (died), American wife of James Madison, 4th First Lady of the United States (born 1768)
1850 Otto Schoetensack (born), German anthropologist (died 1912)
1854 George Eastman (born), American innovator and entrepreneur (died 1933)
1862 The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
1884 Amedeo Modigliani (born), Italian painter and sculptor (died 1920)
1884 Louis B. Mayer (born), Belarusian-American film producer (died 1957)
1892 Alexander Cartwright (died), American fireman, invented baseball (born 1820)
1895 Buckminster Fuller (born), American architect, engineer, and author, designed the Montreal Biosphère (died 1983)
1895 Kirsten Flagstad (born), Norwegian soprano (died 1962)
1895 Oscar Hammerstein II (born), American songwriter, director, and producer (died 1960)
1908 Milton Berle (born), American comedian, actor, and singer (died 2002)
1910 Charles Rolls (died), English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (born 1887)
1917 Andrew Wyeth (born), American painter (died 2009)
1917 The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
1934 Ole Evinrude (died), Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (born 1877)
1934 Van Cliburn (born), American pianist (died 2013)
1937 Bill Cosby (born), American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1941 Benny Parsons (born), American race car driver (died 2007)
1943 Christine McVie (born), English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack)
1944 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (died), American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1887)
1945 Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (died), German field marshal (born 1895)
1948 Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
1948 Richard Simmons (born), American fitness trainer and actor
1949 Rick Hendrick (born), American businessman, founded Hendrick Motorsports
1950 Eric Carr (born), American drummer and songwriter (Kiss) (died 1991)
1951 Brian Grazer (born), American screenwriter and producer, founded Imagine Entertainment
1951 Cheryl Ladd (born), American actress and singer
1952 Philip Taylor Kramer (born), American bass player (Iron Butterfly) (died 1995)
1960 Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
1962 The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom.
1967 The Newark riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
1971 Kristi Yamaguchi (born), American figure skater
1971 The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
1972 Brett Reed (born), American drummer (Rancid and Devils Brigade)
1973 Lon Chaney, Jr. (died), American actor (born 1906)
1975 São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
1979 The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from United Kingdom.
1980 Katherine Legge (born), English race car driver
1983 Chris Wood (died), English saxophonist (Traffic and Ginger Baker’s Air Force) (born 1944)
1996 John Chancellor (died), American journalist (born 1927)
1996 Jonathan Melvoin (died), American keyboard player (The Smashing Pumpkins) (born 1961)
2007 U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
2008 Tony Snow (died), American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (born 1955)
2012 Roger Payne (died), English mountaineer (born 1956)
2013 Amar Bose (died), American businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (born 1929)
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