Event
524 – Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians.
1530 – The Augsburg Confession is presented at the Diet of Augsburg to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1949 – Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny.
1967 – First global satellite television programme – Our World
1975 – Mozambique achieves independence.
1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1982 – Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military.
1983 – India wins the final of the Cricket World Cup against the mighty West Indies at the MCC’s Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.
1991 – Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1997 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian Space station, Mir.
1998 – In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
Birth
1560 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)
1612 – John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (d. 1634)
1755 – Princess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
1814 – Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (d. 1896)
1864 – Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)
1865 – Robert Henri, American painter (d. 1929)
1894 – Hermann Oberth, German physicist (d. 1989)
1903 – George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), British writer (d. 1950)
1903 – Anne Revere, American actress (d. 1990)
1907 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1908 – Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher (d. 2000)
1911 – William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980)
1912 – William T. Cahill, Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
1921 – Celia Franca, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1925 – Ted Stepien, American business (d. 2007)
1928 – Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
1928 – Bill Russo, American jazz composer (d. 2003)
1932 – Peter Blake, British artist
1939 – Harold Melvin, American musician (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) (d. 1997)
1939 – Allen Fox, American Tennis Player
1946 – Ian McDonald, English musician (King Crimson and Foreigner)
1952 – Tim Finn, Kiwi singer/songwriter
1954 – David Paich, composer (Toto)
1956 – Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
1956 – Anthony Bourdain, Chef and author
1959 – Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper, Winter Olympics medalist
1959 – Paris Themmen, American actor
1962 – Phill Jupitus, English comedian and broadcaster
1963 – Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 – George Michael, British musician
1964 – Johnny Herbert, English race car driver
1964 – Greg Raymer, Professional poker player
1966 – Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese (DRC) basketball player
1968 – Oleg Taktarov, Russian martial artist
1969 – Zim Zum, American musician (former Marilyn Manson guitarist)
1970 – Roope Latvala, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom)
1972 – Mike Kroeger, Canadian musician (Nickelback)
1974 – Jim LaMarca, American bass guitarist (Chimaira)
1975 – Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
1978 – Layla El, 2006 WWE Diva Search winner
1979 – Brandi Burkhardt, American beauty queen
1979 – Katie Doyle, American actress and reality television star
1979 – Hirooki Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
1980 – Maja Latinović, Serbian model
1981 – Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
1982 – Rain, Korean singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon)
1983 – Todd Cooper, British swimmer
1987 – Joseph John Sledgianowski III, American Artist
1987 – Lil’ Wil, American rapper
Deaths
635 – Emperor Gaozu, first emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. 566)
1861 – Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1823)
1866 – Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (b. 1803)
1868 – Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (b. 1811)
1974 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1893)
1984 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher (b. 1926)
1985 – Morris Mason, American murderer (b. 1954)
1988 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers) (b. 1962)
1990 – Ronald Gene Simmons, American mass murderer
1995 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
1997 – Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer (b. 1910)
2001 – Joseph John Sledgianowski Senior (b. 1916)
2002 – Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2007 – J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer (b. 1933)
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