574 Pope John III (died)
939 Pope Leo VII (died)
1527 John Dee (born), English-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (died 1609)
1579 Arthur Dee (born), English physician (died 1651)
1590 Pope Clement X (born) (died 1676)
1607 Wenceslaus Hollar (born), Czech-English etcher (died 1677)
1628 Robert Shirley (died), English adventurer (born 1581)
1705 Titus Oates (died), English conspirator, fabricated the Popish Plot (born 1649)
1762 James Bradley (died), English astronomer (born 1693)
1787 The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
1793 Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
1798 Alexandra Feodorovna (born), German-Russian wife of Nicholas I of Russia (died 1860)
1814 The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.
1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest (born), American general (died 1877)
1831 Arthur Böttcher (born), German pathologist and anatomist (died 1889)
1841 Otto Wagner (born), Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Postal Savings Bank and Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (died 1918)
1858 Stewart Culin (born), American ethnographer and author (died 1929)
1863 New York City draft riots: in New York, New York, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
1864 John Jacob Astor IV (born), American colonel and businessman (died 1912)
1882 Johnny Ringo (died), American criminal (born 1850)
1889 Louise Mountbatten (born), German-Swedish wife of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (died 1965)
1903 Kenneth Clark (born), English historian and author (died 1983)
1913 Dave Garroway (born), American journalist (died 1982)
1918 Alberto Ascari (born), Italian race car driver (died 1955)
1919 The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
1922 Leslie Brooks (born), American actress and singer (died 2011)
1923 The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads “Hollywoodland ” but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
1924 Johnny Gilbert (born), American game show host and announcer
1942 Harrison Ford (born), American actor and producer
1942 Roger McGuinn (born), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds and Chad Mitchell Trio)
1946 Alfred Stieglitz (died), American photographer (born 1864)
1946 Cheech Marin (born) American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1951 Arnold Schoenberg (died), Austrian composer (born 1874)
1963 Spud Webb (born), American basketball player
1973 Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the “Nixon tapes” to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.
1974 Jarno Trulli (born), Italian race car driver
1977 New York, New York, amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
1977 Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ethiopian-Somali War.
1985 The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London, England, United Kingdom and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as other venues such as Sydney, Australia and Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
1993 Davey Allison (died), American race car driver (born 1961)
2003 French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.
2004 Carlos Kleiber (died), German-Austrian conductor (born 1930)
2006 Red Buttons (died), American actor and singer (born 1919)
2007 Michael Reardon (died), American mountaineer (born 1965)
2010 George Steinbrenner (died), American businessman (born 1930)
2012 Richard D. Zanuck (died), American film producer (born 1934)
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