Events
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- 1215 - Keeng John o Ingland signs the Magna Carta.
- 1219 - The current Banner o Denmark is said tae hae fallen frae the sky durin a battle in present-day Estonie.
- 1300 - Bilbao is foondit.
- 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands on Martinique.
- 1804 - New Hampshire ratifies the Unitit States Constitution.
- 1836 - Arkansas becomes a state o the Unitit States.
- 1846 - In the Oregon Treaty, the 49t parallel is defined as a muckle pairt o the Canadae-Unitit States border.
- 1888 - Wilhelm II, German Emperor taks tae the throne in Germany's year o three emperors.
- 1904 - The fitbaa club Bayer 04 Leverkusen is foondit.
- 1954 - UEFA is foondit.
- 1969 - Georges Pompidou is electit Preses o Fraunce.
- 1977 - Spain haulds its first elections syne Francisco Franco's rule.
- 1991 - 800 fowk are kilt in the eruption o the volcanae Pinatubo in the Philippines.
- 1994 - Israel an Vatican Ceety establish full diplomatic relations.
- 2002 - An asteroid misses the Yird bi 121,000 kilometres.
- 2013 - The FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil stairts.
- 2018 - The Mackintosh Biggin o the Glesga Schuil o Airt suffers a seicont fire in juist ower 4 year, heavily damagin it.
- 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: Maist shops in Ingland are permittit tae re-open.
Births
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- 1330 - Edward, the Black Prince, Prince o Wales (d. 1376)
- 1594 - Nicolas Poussin, French penter (d. 1665)
- 1676 - Colen Campbell, Scots airchitect (d. 1729)
- 1843 - Edvard Grieg, Norse componer (d. 1907)
- 1857 - William Fife, Scots yacht designer an bigger (d. 1944)
- 1876 - Nelson Annandale, Scots zoologist, entomologist, anthropologist an herpetologist (d. 1924)
- 1882 - Ion Antonescu, Romanie militar leader (d. 1946)
- 1894 - Trygve Gulbranssen, Norse writer (d. 1962)
- 1914 - Yuri Andropov, leader o the Soviet Union (d. 1984)
- 1916 - Herbert A. Simon, American polymath (d. 2001)
- 1924 - Ezer Weizman, Preses o Israel (d. 2005)
- 1932 - Mario Cuomo, American politeecian (d. 2015)
- 1933 - Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Prime meenister an Preses o Iran (d. 1981)
- 1946 - Demis Roussos, Greek sangster (d. 2015)
- 1948 - Henry McLeish, 2nt First Meenister o Scotland
- 1949 - Jim Varney, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1949 - Simon Callow, Inglis actor
- 1953 - Xi Jinping, Preses o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
- 1954 - Jim Belushi, American actor, comedian an muisicker
- 1959 - Alan Brazil, Scots fitbawer
- 1963 - Helen Hunt, American actress
- 1964 - Courteney Cox, American actress
- 1964 - Michael Laudrup, Dens fitbawer
- 1969 - Ice Cube, American rapper, record producer, actor an film producer
- 1969 - Oliver Kahn, German fitbawer
- 1970 - Leah Remini, American actress
- 1973 - Neil Patrick Harris, American actor
- 1982 - Katie Chapman, Inglis fitbawer
- 1992 - Mohamed Salah, Egyptian fitbawer
Daiths
- 923 - Robert I o Fraunce (b. 866)
- 1184 - Magnus V o Norawa (b. 1156)
- 1389 - Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1326)
- 1829 - Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Scots medicinar (b. 1762)
- 1849 - James K. Polk, 11t Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1795)
- 1888 - Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
- 1889 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanie poet (b. 1850)
- 1930 - A. G. G. Asher, Scots rugby union player an cricketer (b. 1861)
- 1971 - Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist (b. 1904)
- 1993 - James Hunt, Inglis racin driver (b. 1947)
- 1996 - Ella Fitzgerald, American sangster (b. 1917)
- 2013 - Kenneth G. Wilson, American theoretical pheesicist (b. 1936)
- 2014 - Casey Kasem, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2017 - Aleksey Batalov, Roushie actor (b. 1928)
- 2019 - Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (b. 1923)