Events
1950 - Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists.
1960 - Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1962 - Jamaica becomes independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations.
1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
1965 - Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
1969 - First test flight of the Boeing 747.
1971 - The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
1973 - Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
1975 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
1986 - Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, during its second visit to the inner solar system in the 20th century.
1991 - Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
1994 - Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
1995 - Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
1996 - The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
2001 - The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
Births
1970 - Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer
1971 - Sharon Case, American actress
1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
1972 - Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
1972 - Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer
1973 - Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast
1974 - Amber Valletta, American model
1975 - Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
1975 - Clinton Grybas, Australian Football commentator (d. 2008)
1976 - Charlie Day, American actor
1976 - Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
1976 - Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer
1978 - Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
1978 - Daniel Mann, British television commentator
1979 - David Gray, English snooker player
1979 - Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
1979 - Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
1979 - Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
1980 - Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
1980 - Shelly Martinez, American wrestler
1981 - Joël Camathias, Swiss racing driver
1981 - The Reverend Tholomew Plague, drummer (Avenged Sevenfold)
1981 - John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter
1982 - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
1983 - Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
1984 - Han Kyung, Korean singer Super Junior
1984 - Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
1985 - David Gallagher, American actor
1986 - Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, of Jordan
1987 - Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
1987 - Joe O'Cearuill, Irish footballer
1989 - Wu Chia-ching, Taiwanese pool player
1989 - Gia Farrell, American singer
1990 - Camille Winbush, American actress
1996 - Jimmy Bennett, American actor
Deaths
1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
1940 - Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
1951 - Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)
1957 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1868)
1960 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (b. 1870)
1960 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1877)
1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (b. 1884)
1969 - Gabby Hayes, American actor (b. 1885)
1973 - Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. 1883)
1973 - Max Yasgur, American farmer (Woodstock Festival) (b. 1919)
1976 - Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
1977 - Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1894)
1978 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
1978 - Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)
1979 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1981 - Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
1984 - Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (b. 1914)
1989 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928)
1991 - James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931)
1994 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1934)
1995 - J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. 1905)
1995 - David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
1997 - Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (b. 1945)
1999 - Bryan Mosley, British actor (b. 1931)
2001 - Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2002 - Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
2002 - Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. 1937)
2004 - Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
2006 - Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922)
2006 - Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
2007 - Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
2007 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
1950 - Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists.
1960 - Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1962 - Jamaica becomes independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations.
1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
1965 - Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
1969 - First test flight of the Boeing 747.
1971 - The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
1973 - Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
1975 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
1986 - Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, during its second visit to the inner solar system in the 20th century.
1991 - Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
1994 - Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
1995 - Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
1996 - The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
2001 - The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
Births
1970 - Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer
1971 - Sharon Case, American actress
1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
1972 - Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
1972 - Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer
1973 - Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast
1974 - Amber Valletta, American model
1975 - Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
1975 - Clinton Grybas, Australian Football commentator (d. 2008)
1976 - Charlie Day, American actor
1976 - Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
1976 - Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer
1978 - Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
1978 - Daniel Mann, British television commentator
1979 - David Gray, English snooker player
1979 - Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
1979 - Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
1979 - Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
1980 - Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
1980 - Shelly Martinez, American wrestler
1981 - Joël Camathias, Swiss racing driver
1981 - The Reverend Tholomew Plague, drummer (Avenged Sevenfold)
1981 - John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter
1982 - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
1983 - Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
1984 - Han Kyung, Korean singer Super Junior
1984 - Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
1985 - David Gallagher, American actor
1986 - Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, of Jordan
1987 - Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
1987 - Joe O'Cearuill, Irish footballer
1989 - Wu Chia-ching, Taiwanese pool player
1989 - Gia Farrell, American singer
1990 - Camille Winbush, American actress
1996 - Jimmy Bennett, American actor
Deaths
1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
1940 - Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
1951 - Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)
1957 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1868)
1960 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (b. 1870)
1960 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1877)
1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (b. 1884)
1969 - Gabby Hayes, American actor (b. 1885)
1973 - Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. 1883)
1973 - Max Yasgur, American farmer (Woodstock Festival) (b. 1919)
1976 - Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
1977 - Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1894)
1978 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
1978 - Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)
1979 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1981 - Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
1984 - Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (b. 1914)
1989 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928)
1991 - James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931)
1994 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1934)
1995 - J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. 1905)
1995 - David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
1997 - Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (b. 1945)
1999 - Bryan Mosley, British actor (b. 1931)
2001 - Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2002 - Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
2002 - Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. 1937)
2004 - Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
2006 - Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922)
2006 - Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
2007 - Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
2007 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
