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1632 - 300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France.

1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the first typewriter.

1862 - American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.

1881 - The Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded.

1903 - Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago becomes the first owner of a Ford Model A.

1904 - Probably the first Ice cream cone was sold at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri.

1914 - Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. When Serbia denies Austria-Hungary their demands World War I is sparked on July 28, 1914

1926 - Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.

1936 - In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of socialist and communist parties.

1940 - US Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles`s declaration on the US non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

1942 - The Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp is opened

1942 - World War II: Hitler signed the Operation Edelweiss.

1952 - Establishment of the European Coal and Steel community.

1952 - General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser - the real power behind the coup) in the overthrow of King Farouk of Egypt.

1956 - The Loi Cadre is passed by the French Republic in order to order French overseas territory affairs.

1961 - Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founded in Nicaragua.

1962 - Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal.

1962 - The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos was signed.

1967 - 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and ~1,400 buildings burned).

1970 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, becomes Sultan of Oman.

1972 - The United States launches Landsat 1, first Earth-resources satellite.

1982 - The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.

1982 - Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are killed on the set of when a helicopter spins out of control.

1983 - Black July began in Sri Lanka.

1983 - Gimli Glider: Air Canada flight 143 lands "dead-stick" in Gimli, Manitoba.

1984 - Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.

1986 - In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.

1997 - Digital Equipment Company files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.

1997 - Spree killer Andrew Cunanan commits suicide in the upstairs bedroom aboard a Miami houseboat to avoid capture by the police

1999 - Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan, is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morroco at the death of his father.

1999 - ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo.

2001 - Megawati Soekarnoputri becomes the fifth President of Indonesia, replacing Abdurrahman Wahid.

2003 - Operation Warrior Sweep is the first major military deployment of the Afghan National Army.

2004 - Eleven years after its destruction, Stari most (the Old Bridge) in Mostar is reopened.

2005 - Three bombs hit the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.

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645 - Yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)

1301 - Duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339)

1339 - King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384)

1626 - Sabbatai Zevi, Ottoman Jewish religious leader

1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)

1705 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)

1734 - Antonio Maria Gaspare Sacchini, Italian composer (d. 1786)

1775 - Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1812)

1777 - Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (d. 1810)

1796 - Franz Berwald, Swedish composer (d. 1868)

1838 - Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (d. 1910)

1856 - Lokmanya Tilak, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1920)

1865 - Max Heindel, Danish Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic (d. 1919)

1884 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (d. 1950)

1886 - Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish League of Nations official (d. 1978)

1886 - Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (d. 1976)

1888 - Raymond Chandler, American-born author (d. 1959)

1892 - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975)

1894 - Arthur Treacher, English character actor (d. 1975)

1895 - Aileen Pringle, American actress (d. 1989)

1898 - Jacob Marschak, American economist (d. 1977)

1898 - Red Dutton, international hockey player (d. 1987)

1899 - Gustav Heinemann, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1976)

1906 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1912 - Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979)

1913 - Michael Foot, British political leader

1918 - Bueno de Mesquita Dutch comedian and actor (d. 2005)

1918 - Pee Wee Reese, baseball player (d. 1999)

1921 - Calvert DeForest, American actor

1923 - Witto Aloma, baseball player (d. 1997)

1928 - Hubert Selby Jr., American author (d. 2004)

1928 - Charles Harrelson, American convicted murderer; father of Woody Harrelson

1931 - Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori Queen (d. 2006)

1933 - Bert Convy, American game show host, actor, and singer (d. 1991)

1936 - Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi revolutionary (d. 1973)

1936 - Don Drysdale, baseball player (d. 1993)

1936 - Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

1938 - Juliet Anderson, American pornographic actress

1938 - Götz George, German actor

1938 - Bert Newton, Australian actor and television show host

1938 - Ronny Cox, American actor

1939 - Terence Stamp, English actor

1940 - Don Imus, American talk radio host

1942 - Myra Hindley, English murderer (d. 2002)

1943 - Tony Joe White, American singer and songwriter

1947 - Gardner Dozois, American author

1947 - David Essex, English singer

1948 - John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician

1950 - Alex Kozinski, Romanian-born judge

1951 - Edie McClurg, American actress

1957 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (assassinated) (d. 2004)

1961 - Martin Gore, English musician and songwriter (Depeche Mode)

1961 - Woody Harrelson, American actor

1962 - Eriq La Salle, American actor

1964 - Ed Forchion, Marijuana Activist

1965 - Rob Dickinson, English musician

1965 - Slash, English-born guitarist (Guns N' Roses)

1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor

1968 - Gary Payton, American basketball player

1968 - Stephanie Seymour, American supermodel

1970 - Charisma Carpenter, American actress

1970 - Thea Dorn, German writer

1971 - Dalvin DeGrate, American singer

1971 - Alison Krauss, American singer and fiddler

1973 - Nomar Garciaparra, baseball player

1973 - Francis Healy, Scottish rock musician (Travis)

1973 - Monica Lewinsky, White House intern

1973 - Himesh Reshammiya, Indian Singer and Musician

1973 - Omar Epps, American Actor

1974 - Terry Glenn, American football player

1974 - Maurice Greene, American athlete

1974 - Stephanie March, American actress

1974 - Sonny Siaki, Samoan professional wrestler

1974 - Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist

1976 - Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player

1977 - Neicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer

1978 - Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer

1978 - Stefanie Sun, Singapore singer

1980 - Michelle Williams, American singer

1981 - Steve Jocz, Canadian drummer (Sum41)

1983 - Bec Hewitt, Australian actress

1983 - Aaron Peirsol, American Swimmer

1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, English actor

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1227 - Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148)

1373 - Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint (b. 1303)

1403 - Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (executed) (born 1343)

1531 - Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers

1584 - John Day, English printer (b. 1522)

1692 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)

1727 - Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain

1757 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1685)

1764 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b. 1703)

1773 - George Edwards, English naturalist (b. 1693)

1781 - John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724)

1793 - Roger Sherman, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1721)

1853 - Andries Pretorius, Boer leader (b. 1798)

1878 - Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician (b. 1804)

1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)

1916 - Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

1920 - Conrad Kohrs, German-born rancher (b. 1835)

1923 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1878)

1924 - Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. 1850)

1930 - Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (b. 1878)

1942 - Adam Czerniakow, Polish engineer (suicide) (b. 1880)

1948 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (b. 1875)

1951 - Henri Philippe Pétain, leader of Vichy France (b. 1856)

1951 - Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker (b. 1884)

1955 - Cordell Hull, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

1966 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)

1968 - Henry Hallett Dale, English scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)

1971 - Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)

1973 - Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot (b. 1890)

1980 - Sarto Fournier, Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)

1980 - Keith Godchaux, American pianist (Grateful Dead) (b. 1948)

1982 - Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929)

1983 - Georges Auric, French composer (b. 1899)

1985 - Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (b. 1923)

1989 - Donald Barthelme, American author (b. 1931)

1993 - James Jordan, father of Michael Jordan

1997 - Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. 1904)

1999 - King Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929)

2001 - Eudora Welty, American author (b. 1909)

2002 - Leo McKern, Australian actor (b. 1920)

2002 - Dr. William L. Pierce, American author and activist (b. 1933)

2002 - Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929)

2003 - James E. Davis, New York City councilman (murdered) (b. 1962)

2004 - Mehmood, Indian actor (b. 1932)

2004 - Carlos Paredes, Portuguese musician and composer (b. 1925)

2004 - Serge Reggiani, French singer and actor (b. 1922)

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Egypt - Revolution Day (1952)

Libya - Revolution Day

Papua New Guinea - Remembrance Day

Roman Empire - Neptunalia held in honor of Neptune

Rastafari movement - Celebration of the birthday of Haile Selassie

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Liturgical feasts
Catholic

Saint Apollinaris, bishop (of Ravenna), martyr 200 AD common; in red
Saint Cassianus, abbot Marseille
Saint Liborius, bishop of Le Mans, confessor northern Germany
Translation of Saints Nabor and Felix, martyrs Cologne
Translation of Saint Nicasius, bishop of Reims, martyr Reims
Saints Ravennus and Rasiphus, martyrs (at Bayeux) Bayeux
Translation of the Three Kings Cologne
Saint Birgitta, widow (Obitus, natale) Bamberg, Mainz, Münster, Riga