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1191 - Saladin's garrison surrenders, ending the two-year siege of Acre. Conrad of Montferrat, who has negotiated the surrender, raises the banners of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of the Third Crusade leaders Richard I of England, Philip II of France, and Leopold V of Austria on the city's walls and towers.

1543 - King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr at Hampton Court Palace.

1573 - Spanish forces under the Duke of Alba capture Haarlem after a seven month siege.

1580 - Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published.

1690 - Williamite war in Ireland: Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar) - The army of William III of England defeats that of the deposed King James VII of Scotland and II of England.

1691 - Williamite war in Ireland: Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar) - The decisive victory of William's forces in Ireland.

1759 - Seven Years' War - French and Indian War: British cannons start firing on French at Quebec City, from Lévis, Quebec.

1806 - Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.

1812 - War of 1812: The United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.

1862 - Medal of Honor authorized by the United States Congress.

1892 - A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers and holidaymakers in Saint Gervais.

1932 - Lambeth Bridge, London, opened by King George V of the United Kingdom.

1932 - Hedley Verity establishes a first-class record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm.

1933 - Congress passes the first federal minimum wage law in the United States: 33 cents per hour.

1943 - World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka - German and Soviet forces engage in largest tank engagement of all time.

1950 - René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France.

1960 - Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.

1960 - Etch A Sketch, the drawing toy goes on sale.

1967 - Six days of race riots begin in Newark, New Jersey that will claim the lives of 27 people.

1973 - A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.

1975 - São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.

1979 - Disco Demolition Night takes place in Chicago.

1979 - The island nation of Kiribati declares independence from Great Britain.

1993 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the shore of Hokkaido, Japan launches a devastating tsunami, killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri.

2002 - Gay rights: The Superior Court of Ontario orders Ontario to recognize same-sex marriages.

2004 - Pedro Santana Lopes is officially appointed Prime Minister of Portugal.

2005 - Prince Albert II is enthroned as ruler of the Principality of Monaco.

2005 - Thunder Horse, the largest semi-submersible oil platform in the world, is found listing badly after Hurricane Dennis.

2006 - Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.

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100 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader (d. 44 BC)

1394 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)

1468 - Juan del Encina, Spanish poet and composer

1596 - Tsar Michael I of Russia (d. 1645)

1674 - Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (d. 1765)

1675 - Evaristo Abaco, Italian composer (d. 1742)

1730 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (d. 1795)

1803 - Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)

1807 - Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (d. 1893)

1817 - Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862)

1824 - Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)

1828 - Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (d. 1889)

1849 - Sir William Osler, Canadian physician and author (d. 1919)

1850 - Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912)

1852 - Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (d. 1933)

1854 - George Eastman, American inventor (d. 1932)

1861 - George Washington Carver, American botanist (d. 1943)

1863 - Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (d. 1906)

1863 - Albert Calmette, French physician (d. 1933)

1868 - Stefan George, German poet (d. 1933)

1870 - Louis II of Monaco (d. 1949)

1876 - Max Jacob, French poet (d. 1944)

1880 - Tod Browning, American film director (d. 1962)

1884 - Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)

1886 - Jean Hersholt, Danish film director and actor (d. 1956)

1892 - Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1942)

1895 - Kirstin Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (d. 1962)

1895 - Buckminster Fuller, American architect (d. 1983)

1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (d. 1960)

1904 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

1908 - Milton Berle, American comedian (d. 2002)

1909 - Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (d. 1993)

1913 - Willis Lamb, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1917 - Andrew Wyeth, American artist

1920 - Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and writer (d. 2004)

1920 - Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000)

1922 - Mark Hatfield, U.S. Senator from Oregon

1925 - Roger B. Smith, American automobile executive

1928 - Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1930 - Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and writer

1932 - Otis Davis, American runner

1933 - Donald E. Westlake, American author

1934 - Van Cliburn, American pianist

1937 - Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor

1937 - Lionel Jospin, former Prime Minister of France

1938 - Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer

1938 - Ron Fairly, baseball player

1942 - Billy Smith, Australian rugby player

1943 - Christine McVie, British singer, musician, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)

1943 - Walter Murch, American film editor

1947 - Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player

1948 - Walter Egan, American singer

1948 - Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer

1948 - Jay Thomas, American actor

1951 - Cheryl Ladd, American actress

1951 - Brian Grazer, American film producer

1952 - Voja Antonić, Serbian inventor and writer

1956 - Sandi Patty, American singer

1959 - Steve Fuller, Anglo-American philosopher and sociologist

1962 - Dan Murphy, American guitarist (Soul Asylum)

1964 - Gaby Roslin, English television presenter

1965 - Robin Wilson, American singer

1967 - Richard Herring, English comedian

1967 - John Petrucci, American guitar player (Dream Theater)

1969 - Lisa Nicole Carson, American actress

1969 - Jesse Pintado, Guitarist

1971 - Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater

1972 - Travis Best, American basketball player

1972 - Brett Reed, American muscian (Rancid)

1973 - Magoo, American rapper

1973 - Christian Vieri, Italian football player

1974 - Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler

1974 - Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer (Within Temptation)

1974 - Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer

1976 - Dan Boyle, Canadian Hockey Player, and Olympic Reserve

1976 - Anna Friel, British actress

1976 - Tracie Spencer, American singer

1977 - Brock Lesnar, American professional wrestler

1978 - Topher Grace, American actor

1978 - Michelle Rodriguez, American actress

1982 - Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer

1983 - Megumi Kawamura, Japanese Volleyballer

1984 - Gareth Gates, British singer

1984 - Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer

1985 - Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer

1988 - Melissa O'Neil, Canadian singer

1991 - Erik Per Sullivan, American actor

1995 - Georgie Henley, English actress

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783 - Bertrada, wife of Pippin III (b. 720)

1441 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)

1536 - Erasmus, Dutch writer and philosopher

1584 - Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)

1664 - Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (b. 1610)

1682 - Jean Picard, French astronomer (b. 1620)

1693 - John Ashby, English admiral

1712 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1626)

1742 - Evaristo Abaco, Italian composer (b. 1675)

1749 - Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France

1773 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (b. 1697)

1804 - Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)

1845 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b. 1808)

1910 - Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887)

1918 - Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b. 1864)

1926 - Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator (b. 1868)

1931 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1866)

1935 - Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (b. 1859)

1944 - Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general, Received Medal of Honor, (b. 1887)

1945 - Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)

1945 - Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (b. 1871)

1949 - Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (b. 1860)

1950 - Elsie De Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (b. 1865)

1962 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907)

1983 - Chris Wood, British musician, played with Traffic, (b. 1944)

1993 - Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (b. 1970)

1996 - John Chancellor, American television journalist (b. 1927)

1996 - Jonathan Melvoin, American musician and keyboardist (Smashing Pumpkins) (b. 1961)

1999 - Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)

2003 - Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907)

2004 - Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918)

2005 - Lord John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, Cheif executive of British Airways since its privitisation. (b.
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Kiribati - Independence Day.

Mongolia - Naadam Holiday (2nd day).

Northern Ireland - Battle of the Boyne Day (also known as Orangemen's Day or the Twelfth, see Irish calendar).

Newfoundland - Orangemen's Day.

São Tomé and Príncipe - Independence Day.

Sunset and sunrise occur along Manhattan's street grid centerline.

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Saint Amator, bishop of Auxerre, confessor (Translation of -) Auxerre

Saint Cletus, pope, martyr Liège

Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus, martyrs Salzburg, Osnabrück, Paderborn, France, Aquileia

Saint John Gualbert, abbot, confessor common

Saint Liethard

Saint Marcellinus, pope, martyr Liège

Saint Menulf, bishop, confessor Bourges

Saints Nabor and Felix, martyrs common

Saint Prejectus, bishop, martyr (Translation) GTZ: Noyon

Saint Sixtus Paris

Saint Viventiolus, bishop of Lyon, confessor Lyon

?Sveti apostoli Petar i Pavle - (Sts. Peter and Paul, Foremost of Apostles).

Saint Margaret, virgin, martyr Salzburg and Suffragans

Saint Jason