Nothingandall: On this day in History

0465 BC - Xerxes I , king of Persia, is murdered by Artabanus, the Hyrcanian.
0642 - Battle of Maserfeld - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia.
0882 - King Louis III of France dies (b. 0863).
0910 - The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.
1063 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn dies. King of Gwynedd.
1100 - Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1192 - Jaffa: last battle of the 3rd Crusade (Saladin, with 7000 cavalry, defeated by Richard I, with 2000 infantry, 54 knights, and 15 horses) / Batalha de Jafa entre as forças de Ricardo Coração de Leão e de Saladino, durante a Terceira Cruzada.
1246 - Nidda : Conrad IV is defeated by Henry Raspe.
1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent was born (d. 1330). English politician.
1305 - William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, was captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.
1364 - Emperor Kogon of Japan dies (b. 1313).
1388 - Battle of Otterburn, border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England.
1391 - Castilian sailors set fire to Barcelona's Jewish ghetto, killing 100.
1392 - Charles VI (France) suffers a second attack of madness.
1397 - Guillaume Dufay was born (d. 1474). Franco-Flemish composer and theorist.
1461 - Alexander Jagiellon was born (d. 1506). Grand Duke of Lithuania.
1496 - Bartolomé Colón, hermano de Cristóbal Colón, funda la ciudad de "Santo Domingo", que se convertiría en una de las ciudades importantes del Nuevo Mundo.
1498 - Columbus becomes 1st European to land on South American continent.
1529 - Peace of Cambrai ("Paix des Dames").
1540 - Joseph Justus Scaliger was born (d. 1609). Scholar who proposed the Julian Day system of dating.
1549 - Clyst Heath (Cornish Prayer Book Rebellion suppressed).
1566 - Siege of Szigeth begins (ends 8 September 1566).
1572 - Isaac Luria dies (b. 1534). Palestinian-born Kabbalist.
1579 - Stanislaus Hosius dies (b. 1504). Polish Catholic cardinal.
1583 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland.
1604 - Birth of John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," Bible translator.
1610 - Alonso García de Ramón dies (b. c. 1552). Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile.
1620 - The Mayflower departs Southampton, England on first attempt to reach North America.
1623 - Antonio Cesti was born (d. 1669). Italian composer.
1633 - Archbishop George Abbot dies (b. 1562). Archbishop of Canterbury.
1641 - John Hathorne was born (d. 1717). American magistrate.
1648 - Lens: French defeat Spanish; end of 30 Years War.
1662 - James Anderson was born (d. 1728). Scottish historian.
1678 - Juan_García de Zéspedes dies (b. 1619). Mexican musician and composer.
1689 - 1,500 Iroquois attack village of Lachine, in New France.
1691 - Charles d’Orleans de Rothelin was born in Paris (d. 17 Jul 1744). French clergyman, author, numismatist and theologist.
1694 - Leonardo Leo was born (d. 1744). Italian composer.

1716 - Eugenio de Saboya derrota a los Otomanos en Peterwardein.

1735 - Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true.

1743 - John Hervey, Lord Hervey dies (b. 1696). English statesman and writer.

1763 - Pontiac's War - Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.

1772 - First Partition of Poland begins.

1778 - Charles Clémencet dies (b. 1703). French historian.

1792 - Frederick North, Lord North dies (b. 1732). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1798 - John, Lord Wrottesley, was born distinguished astronomer, and president of the Royal Society

1798 - Nace en San Juan, Argentina, Salvador María del Carril. En 1854 acompañó en la fórmula presidencial al General Justo José de Urquiza. Fue el primer Vicepresidente electo según la Constitución de 1853.

1799 - Richard Howe dies (b. 1726). British admiral.

1802 - Niels Henrik Abel was born. Norwegian mathematician.

1811 - Ambroise Thomas was born in Metz(d. 12 Feb. 1896). French opera composer, best-known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868, after Shakespeare) and as Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871-1896.

1812 - War of 1812: Tecumseh's Indian force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.

1813 - Ivar Aasen was born (d. 1896). Norwegian poet and language reformer.

1815 - Edward John Eyre was born (d. 1901). Rnglish explorer.

1827 - Deodoro da Fonseca was born (d. 1892). First president of Brazil.

1828 - Louise of the Netherlands was born (d. 1871). Queen of Sweden and Norway.

1833 - Carola of Vasa was born (d. 1907). Queen consort of Saxony.

1842 - Ferdinand Keller was born (d. 1922). Painter.

1848 - Pedro Vélez dies. President of Mexico in 1829.

1850 - Guy de Maupassant was born at Chateau de Miromesnil († 7 Jul 1893). French author (The Tellier House, Yvette, Toine, The Horla, The Diamond Necklace, The Umbrella, The Piece of String, A Woman’s Life, Bel-Ami -1885, Peter and John;"Mademoiselle Fifi "-1882, "Yvette Samoris" -1884 )

1858 - Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It operated for less than a month.

1860 - Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

1860 - Joseph Carey Merrick was born (d. 1890). Deformed celebrity -"The elefant man"

1861 - American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872.

1861 - The United States Army abolished flogging.

1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge - Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.

1862 - Joseph Merrick was born (d. 1890). The Elephant Man.

1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Mobile Bay begins - At Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.

1866 - Carl Harries was born (d. 1923). German chemist.

1866 - Harry Trott was born (d. 1917). Australian cricketer.

1867 - El presidente Benito Juárez restaura la República y asentado ya en la capital, instala la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación.

1868 - Oskar Merikanto was born. Finish composer.

1868 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes dies (b. 1788). French archaeologist.

1870 - Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

1872 - Oswaldo Cruz was born (d. 1917). Brazilian physician.

1874 - Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England.

1877 - Tom Thomson was born (d. 1917). Canadian painter.

1880 - Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra dies (b. 1816). Austrian physician.

1882 - Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.

1882 - Martial law is enacted in Japan.

1884 - The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.

1886 - Se proclama la Constitucion política de Colombia, que se organiza como República Central Unitaria.

1887 - Reginald Owen was born (d. 1972). English actor.

1888 - Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim in the first long distance automobile trip.

1888 - Victor Francen was born (d. 1977). Belgian-born actor.

1889 - Conrad Aiken was born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 17 Aug 1973). American writer who won a Pulitzer Prize for his Selected Poems.

1890 - Erich Kleiber was born in Vienna (d. 1956). Austrian-born conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46).

1890 - Naum Gabo (Naum Pevsner) was born (d. 1977). Russian sculptor.

1892 - Valentine Tessier was born in Paris (d. 11 Aug. 1981). French actress.

1895 - Friedrich Engels dies (b. 1820). German philosopher.

1897 - Aksel Larsen was born (d. 1972). Danish politician.

1901 - Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11¾ins. The record will stand for 20 years.

1901 - Claude Autant-Lara was born (d. 2000). French film director.

1906 - John Huston was born in Nevada, Missouri (d. 28 Aug 1987). American Academy Award-winning director: Treasure of Sierra Madre [1948]; "The Maltese Falcon" The African Queen, Prizzi’s Honor; father of Academy Award-winning actress Angelica Huston;

1906 - Wassily Leontief was born (d. 1999). Russian economist, Nobel Prize in 1973.

1906 - Joan Hickson was born (d. 1998). British actress.

1907 - Eugene Guillevic was born in Carnac (d. 19 Mar 1997). French poet, considered one of the most important French poets of the second half of the 20th century.

1908 - Airship LZ 4 explodes - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin's airship LZ 4 was completely destroyed after an emergency landing near Stuttgart in a storm

1908 - Harold Holt was born (d. 1967). Seventeenth Prime Minister of Australia.

1910 - Bruno Coquatrix was born (d. 1979). French songwriter and music impresario.

1911 - Robert Taylor was born (d. 8 Jun 1969). American actor (Magnificent Obsession, Quo Vadis, Billy the Kid, Bataan, Knights of the Round Table, The Night Walker, Death Valley Days).

1911 - Bob Caruthers was born (d. 1864). Baseball player.

1912 - Japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo.

1912 - Abbé Pierre was born (d. 2007). French catholic priest.

1912 - Narcizo Ibáñez Menta was born. Actor.

1914 - In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

1914 - David Brian was born (d. 1993). American actor.

1917 - Zé Catota [José Lopes Neto] was born in São José do Egito, Pernambuco (d. 22 Apr. 2009). Brazilian poet.

1918 - Betty Oliphant was born (d. 2004). Canadian ballerin.

1918 - Tom Drake was born (d. 1982). American actor.

1921 - Yves Vincent was born in Thônes en Haute-Savoie. French actor and comedian, and former water polo player.

1923 - Devan Nair was born. President of Singapore from 1981 to 1985.

1923 - Richard Gordon Kleindienst was born in Winslow, Arizona (d. 03 Feb. 2000). American lawyer and politician.

1923 - Vatroslav Jagic dies (b. 1835). Croatian slavist.

1924 - Geraldine Stutz was born in Chicago. American business woman, the owner of Henri Bendel, the famous Manhattan women's specialty store.

1925 - Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language, which is in danger of dying out.

1926 - María Abella, fallece en La Plata, Argentina. Pionera en la defensa de los derechos de las mujeres. Nacida en Uruguay, su activismo se desarrolló principalmente en Argentina, donde en 1910 creó la primera organización feminista.

1926 - Sidney Omarr was born in Philadelphia (d. 2 Jan. 2003). American astrologuer and counsellor.

1928 - Ennio Mattarelli was born in Bologne. Italian sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in Trap Shooting in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

1929 - Millicent Fawcett dies (b. 1847). British suffragist and feminist.

1930 - Michal Kováč was born. President of Slovakia.

1930 - Neil Armstrong was born. American astronaut.

1932 - D. Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia was born. Portuguese archbishop.

1934 - Wendell Berry was born. American poet, writer and farmer.

1935 - John Saxon was born. American actor.

1935 -Zakes Zulu Mokae was born in Johannesburg. South African-born American actor.

1935 - Alfredo Roque Gameiro dies. Portuguese painter.

1936 - Jesse Owens won his 3rd Olympic medal at the Berlin Olympics by running a 200-meter race in 20.7 seconds.

1937 - Herb Brooks was born (d. 2003). American ice hockey coach.

1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands was born. Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, is the second child of then Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (later Queen Juliana) and Prince Bernhard, a prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld.

1940 - World War II : Latvia is annexed by the Soviet Union.

1940 - Roman Gabriel was born. Professional football player.

1941 - Airto Moreira was born. Brazilian percussionist.

1941 - Bob Clark was born (d. 2007). American film director.

1941 - Carla Gravina was born in Gemona. Italian actress who is the mother of Mauro Gravina and Monica Gravina.

1941 - Elizabeth Depardieu was born. French actress.

1941 - Lenny Breau was born (d. 12 Aug. 1984). Canadian guitarist.

1942 - Sergio Ramírez Mercado was in Masatepe. Leading Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as Vice President of the country 1985-1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega.

1943 - Nelson Briles was born (d. 2005). Major League Baseball player.

1943 - World War II: During the Battle of Troina, at around 11 A.M, Mount Etna erupted sending much ash and lave miles into the sky.

1943 - Nelson Briles was born (d. 2005). American baseball player.

1943 - Sammi Smith was born (d. 2005). American country singer and songwriter.

1944 - World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia. Most are killed but many escape and later commit suicide. Five Australian guards also die.

1944 - Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.

1945 - Loni Anderson was born. American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati, The Jayne Mansfield Story, Easy Street, Necessity, Nurses).

1946 - Bruce Coslet was born. American football player and coach

1946 - Erika Slezak was born. American Emmy Award-winning actress (One Life to Live).

1946 - Jimmy Webb was born. Composer, musician.

1946 - Marie de Hennezel was born in Lyon. French psychologist and author.

1946 - Ron Silliman was born. American poet.

1946 - Wilhelm Marx dies (b. 1863). Chancellor of Germany.

1947 - Angry Anderson was born. Australian entertainer.

1947 - Bernie Carbo was born. American baseball player.

1947 - Geneviève Yavchitz was born in Mulhouse. French economist, member of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.

1947 - Rick Derringer was born. American rock and roll musician.

1948 - Carole Laure was born. Quebec actress.

1948 - Hughes Quester was born in Echemiré, Maine-et-Loire. French actor and comedian.

1948 - Ray Clemence was born. English footballer.

1949 - In Ecuador an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6000.

1950 - Bernard Bretonniere was born in Nantes. French author and poet.

1951 - John Jarratt was born. Australian actor.

1952 - Audrey Blood Hillman was born. Eminent Native Plant Gardener.

1952 - Sameera Moussa dies (b. 1917). Egyptian nuclear scientist.

1953 - Gottfried Angeli was born in Haagen. German author and astrologer.

1953 - Rick Mahler was born (d. 2005). American baseball player.

1953 - Samantha Sang was born. Australian singer.

1954 - Brasil: Major Rubens Vaz morre no Atentado da Rua Toneleros.

1955 - Carmen Miranda dies (b. 1909). Portuguese actress and singer.

1956 - Fred Ottman was born. American wrestler.

1956 - Jerry Ciccoritti was born. Canadian film director.

1956 - Maureen McCormick was born. American actress (The Brady Bunch).

1957 - American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.

1957 - Faith Prince was born. American actress.

1957 - Heinrich Otto Wieland dies (b. 1877). German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1958 - USS "Nautilus" the nuclear-powered submarine completed a record-breaking undersea journey of 3.200 Km from Alaska to Greenland Sea.

1959 - Pete Burns was born. British singer (Dead or Alive).

1959 - Edgar Guest dies (b. 1881). English poet.

1960 - Burkina Faso, then known as "Upper Volta", becomes independent from France.

1960 - Parley Baer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 22 Nov. 2002). American actor.

1960 - Seth Swirsky was born. American songwriter.

1960 - Arthur Meighen dies. Ninth Prime Minister of Canada.

1961 - Tawny Kitaen was born. American actress.

1961 - Mark O'Connor was born. American violinist.

1961 - Clayton Rohner was born. American actor.

1962 - Film actress and sex icon, Marilyn Monroe (b. 1926) is found dead in her Los Angeles, California home after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills. "Some Like It Hot".

1962 - Emanuel Chain was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. French journalist and producer.

1962 - Isabel Otero was born in Rennes. French actress.

1962 - Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.

1962 - Patrick Ewing was born. American basketball player.

1963 - United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.

1963 - Salvador Bacarisse dies (b. 1898). Spanish composer.

1964 - Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow - American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes attacked US destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.

1964 - Adam Yauch was born. American musician.

1964 - Art Ross dies (b. 1886). Professional ice hockey player and executive (See Art Ross Trophy).

1965 - Jean Marc Morandini was born in Marseille. French journalist.

1965 - Motoi Sakuraba was born. Japanese composer.

1966 - Jonathan Silverman was born. American actor.

1967 - Os Pink Floyd editam o álbum The piper at the gates of dawn.

1968 - Colin McRae was born (d. 2007). Scottish rally driver.

1968 - Funkmaster Flex was born. American hip hop DJ.

1968 - John Olerud was born. American baseball player.

1968 - Marine Le Pen was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine (France). French National Front (FN) politician.

1968 - Oleg Luzhny was born. Ukrainian footballer.

1968 - Tokimitsu Ishizawa was born. Japanese professional wrestler.

1968 - Terri Clark was born in Montreal. Canadian country singer.

1969 - Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).

1970 - James Gunn was born. American filmmaker.

1971 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff was born. American bassist (The Bloodhound Gang).

1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers was born. Belgian bassist (Fear Factory).

1973 - Adam Hackbarth was born. Screenwriter.

1973 - Three people are killed and 55 wounded when two Arab gunmen open fire on a crowded passenger lounge at Athens airport.

1973 - Mohamed Dia was born in Sarcelles. Franco-Malian designer of sport clothing (sporstwear and streetwear) who founded in 1999 the M.Dia brand.

1973 - Sean Sherk was born. American Mixed martial artist.

1974 - Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.

1974 - Antoine Sibierski was born. French footballer.

1974 - Alvin Ceccoli was born. Australian footballer.

1975 - Ami Foster was born. American actress.

1975 - Antony Cotton was born. English actor.

1975 - Eicca Toppinen was born. Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica).

1975 - Kajol Mukherjee was born in Mumbai. Indian actress.

1976 - Jeff Friesen was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1976 - Kwon Sang-woo was born. South Korean actor.

1976 - Marian Pahars was born. Latvian footballer.

1976 - Marlene Favela was born. Mexican actress.

1977 - Mark Mulder was born. American baseball player.

1977 - Eric Hinske was born. American baseball player.

1977 - Michael Walsh was born. English footballer.

1977 - Mark Mulder was born. American baseball player

1978 - Nektaria Karantzi was born. Greek singer.

1978 - Kim Gevaert was born. Belgian sprint athlete.

1978 - Jesse Haines dies (b. 1893). Baseball player.

1979 - In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.

1979 - Maria de Lourdes Pintassilgo is elected Prime-Minister of Portugal.

1979 - In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.

1979 - David Healy was born. Northern Irish footballer.

1980 - Kaylani Lei was born. Asian-American porn star.

1980 - Jason Čulina was born. Australian soccer player.

1980 - Ali Umar was born. Maldivian footballer.

1980 - Wayne Bridge was born. English footballer.

1980 - Harold Runnels dies (b. 1924). United States Congressman.

1981 - Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.

1981 - Carl Crawford was born. American baseball player.

1981 - Rachel Scott was born (d. 1999). Victim of the Columbine High School massacre.

1981 - Kō Shibasaki was born. Japanese singer and actress.

1981 - Travis McCoy was born. American singer (Gym Class Heroes).

1981 - Erik Guay was born. Quebec alpine skier.

1981 - Cory Williams was born. American internet celebrity.

1982 - LoLo Jones was born. American track and field athlete.

1982 - Ryu Seung Min was born. Korean table tennis player.

1982 - Tobias Regner was born. German singer.

1983 - IRA members jailed for 4,000 years Twenty two members of the IRA are jailed for a total of more than 4,000 years following one of Northern Ireland's biggest mass trials.

1983 - Dawn Richard was born. American singer (Danity Kane).

1984 - Richard Burton dies at a hospital in Geneva, Switzerland, at the age of 58. British actor.

1984 - Joan Benoit won the first women’s Olympic marathon at the XXIII Summer Games in Los Angeles, California. Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner won the Silver Medal.

1985 - Se suicida en Los Angeles (EE.UU.) Paul Bregman, tripulante del bombardero que arrojó una bomba atómica sobre Nagasaki en agosto de 1945.

1985 - Laurent Ciman was born. Belgian footballer.

1985 - Salomon Kalou was born. Ivory Coast footballer.

1986 - Kathrin Zettel was born. Austrian alpine skier, a specialist of Slalom and Giant Slalom.

1986 - Paula Creamer was born. American golfer.

1987 - Genelia D'Souza was born. Indian actress.

1987 - Xenia Tchoumitcheva was born. Swiss model.

1988 - Federica Pellegrini was born. Italian swimmer.

1989 - General elections are held in Nicaragua, Sandinista Front wins the majority.

1991 - Paul Brown dies (b. 1908). American football coach.

1991 - Soichiro Honda dies (b. 1906). Founder of the Honda Motor Company.

1992 - Jeff Porcaro dies (b. 1954). American drummer.

1993 - Popular trading card game Magic: The Gathering is released. First trading card game to date.

1993 - Suzuka Ohgo was born. Japanese actress.

1993 - Corey J. Smith was born. English television actor.

1994 - Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay firman los acuerdos que dan comienzo al Mercosur.

1994 - Alain de Changy dies (b. 1922). Belgian racing driver.

1995 - The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is liberated by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated as the day of victory, Homeland Thanksgiving day in Croatia.

1995 - El secretario de Estado norteamericano, Warren Christopher, y su homólogo vietnamita, Nguyen Manh Cam, firman en Hanoi la normalización de relaciones entre ambos países después de 20 años.

1995 - A atleta portuguesa Manuela Machado ganha a medalha de Ouro da maratona feminina do Campeonato do Mundo de Atletismo, em Gotemburgo (Suécia).

1995 - Devo Keenan was born. American cellist and son of musician Maynard James Keenan

1997 - Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing, went on trial.

1997 - Carla Sacramento, atleta portuguesa, conquista a Medalha de Ouro nos 1.500 metros dos Mundiais de Atletismo em Atenas. Por sua vez Fernanda Ribeiro nos mesmos campeonatos obtém a medalha de prata nos 10.000 metros.

1998 - Zambia signs Kyoto Protocol

1998 - Otto Kretschmer dies (b. 1912). German U-boat commander.

1998 - Todor Zhivkov dies (b. 1911). Bulgarian Communist dictator from 1956 to 1989.

1999 - Mark McGwire becomes the 16th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.

2000 - Maya Bond was born. Japanese-born American singer and musician

2000 - Sir Alec Guinness dies (b. 1914). British actor.

2000 - Otto Buchsbaum dies (b. 1920). Austrian-born writer and ecological activist

2001 - The Cleveland Indians defeat the Seattle Mariners 15-14 in a record-setting game known as the Impossible Return.

2001 - Maddox Jolie Pitt was born in Cambodja. Adopted son of Angelina Jolie

2001 - Otema Allimadi dies (b. 1929). Prime Minister of Uganda.

2002 - Josh Ryan Evans dies (b. 1982). American actor.

2002 - Chick Hearn dies (b. 1916). American basketball announcer.