Events
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- 1506 - The first Swiss Guards arrive in Roum.
- 1689 - The Conventional Pairlament convenes tae decide if James VII, Keeng o Scots left the thrones o Scotland, Ingland an Ireland when he fled tae Fraunce in 1688.
- 1873 - Breetish clipper "Northfleet" collides wi Spaingie steamship "Murillo" aff Kent, killin 293 fowk.
- 1901 - Edward VII became Keeng o the Unitit Kinrick an Emperor o Indie, efter the daith o Queen Victoria.
- 1905 - Bloody Sunday in Saunt Petersburg, as 1,000 protesters are kilt.
- 1915 - Ower 600 fowk are kilt as a train plunges intae a canyon in Guadalajara, Mexico.
- 1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick.
- 1963 - Konrad Adenauer an Charles de Gaulle sign the Elysee Treaty, a new treaty o friendship atween Wast Germany an Fraunce.
- 1968 - Apollo 5 lifts off, takin the first lunar module intae space.
- 1969 - A gunman attempts tae assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
- 1973 - The Kano air disaster in Nigerie kills 176 fowk.
- 1984 - The Apple Macintosh computer is introduced.
- 2006 - Evo Morales becomes Preses o Bolivie.
- 2007 - 88 fowk are kilt in bomb attacks in Baghdad.
- 2016 - A major blizzard hits the East Coast o the Unitit States.
- 2018 - Umwhile fitbawer George Weah becomes Preses o Liberie.
Births
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- 1440 - Ivan III o Roushie (d. 1505)
- 1561 - Francis Bacon, Inglis philosopher an politeecian (d. 1626)
- 1592 - Pierre Gassendi, French mathemateecian, astronomer an philosopher (d. 1655)
- 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher an writer (d. 1781)
- 1777 - Joseph Hume, Scots medicinar an politeecian (d. 1855)
- 1788 - Laird Byron, Inglis poet (d. 1824)
- 1808 - James Fergusson, Scots airchitectural historian (d. 1886)
- 1849 - August Strindberg, Swadish writer (d. 1912)
- 1875 - D. W. Griffith, American film director an producer (d. 1948)
- 1879 - Francis Picabia, French writer an penter (d. 1953)
- 1891 - Antonio Gramsci, Italian Marxist theorist an politeecian (d. 1937)
- 1898 - Sergei Eisenstein, Roushie film director (d. 1948)
- 1904 - George Balanchine, Roushie-born choreographer (d. 1983)
- 1908 - Lev Landau, Azerbaijan-born pheesicist (d. 1968)
- 1909 - U Thant, Secretar-General o the Unitit Naitions (d. 1974)
- 1940 - Sir John Hurt, Inglis actor (d. 2017)
- 1943 − Sir Michael Spicer, Inglis politeecian (d. 2019)
- 1959 - Linda Blair, American actress
- 1965 - Diane Lane, American actress
- 1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese fitbawer
- 1982 - Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine fitbawer
- 1990 - Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
- 1993 - Netta Barzilai, Israeli sangster
Daiths
- 1557 - Archibald Douglas, 6t Yerl o Angus, Scots nobleman (b. 1489)
- 1666 - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor (b. 1592)
- 1876 - George Harvey, Scots penter (b. 1806)
- 1901 - Queen Victoria (b. 1819)
- 1919 - Carl Larsson, Swadish penter (b. 1853)
- 1922 - Pape Benedict XV (b. 1854)
- 1922 - Fredrik Bajer, Dens politeecian (b. 1837)
- 1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36t Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1908)
- 1994 - Telly Savalas, American actor an sangster (b. 1922)
- 2008 - Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979)
- 2010 - Jean Simmons, Inglis-American actress (b. 1929)
- 2015 - Wendell H. Ford, American politeecian (b. 1924)
- 2016 - Tommy Bryceland, Scots fitbawer (b. 1939)
- 2018 - Ursula K. Le Guin, American writer (b. 1929)