Events
1913 - King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
1927 - Cardiff City wins the FA Cup for their first and only time.
1931 - California gets the go-ahead by the U.S. Congress to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
1933 - The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would end Prohibition in the United States.
1935 - Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman in Antarctica.
1942 - Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
1943 - American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
1943 - The Parícutin volcano begins to form in Paricutín, México.
1944 - World War II: "Big Week" ended with American bomber raids on Nazi aircraft manufacturing centers.
1944 - World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
1947 - State of Prussia ceases to exist
1952 - Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
1959 - The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
1965 - Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
1976 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
1987 - Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, in the USA, a bomb explodes in a computer store.
1991 - A gigantic statue of Albania's long-time dictator, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital, Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters.
1998 - American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
2002 - In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370.
2005 - Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
Births
1975 - Brian Littrell, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1976 - Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness)
1976 - Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler
1977 - Bartosz Kizierowski, Polish swimmer
1977 - Stephon Marbury, American basketball player
1977 - T.J. Slaughter, American football player
1978 - Lauren Ambrose, American actress
1978 - Jakki Degg, English glamour model/actress
1978 - Jay Hernandez, American actor
1978 - Julia Jentsch, German actress
1980 - Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
1980 - Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
1980 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby union footballer
1981 - Tony Hibbert, English footballer
1981 - Chris Thile, American musician
1982 - Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
1983 - Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 - Justin Verlander, American baseball player
1985 - Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
1985 - Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
1986 - Dilaver Güçlü, Turkish footballer
1988 - Rihanna, Barbadian singer
1989 - Melanie Leishman, Canadian actress
Deaths
1992 - Dick York, American actor (b. 1928)
1993 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1916)
1996 - Solomon Asch, American psychologist (b. 1907)
1996 - Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. 1930)
1997 - Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (b. 1960)
1999 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971)
1999 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (b. 1946)
2000 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (b. 1937)
2001 - Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910)
2003 - Maurice Blanchot, French author (b. 1907)
2003 - Orville Freeman, American politician (b. 1918)
2003 - Harry Jacunski, American football player
2003 - Ty Longley, American guitarist (Great White) (b. 1971)
2003 - Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff (b. 1947)
2005 - Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (b. 1954)
2005 - Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1944)
2005 - John Raitt, American actor (b. 1917)
2005 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. 1937)
2005 - Tom Willmore, English geometer (b. 1919)
2006 - Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
2006 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (b. 1920)
2007 - F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (b. 1930)
1913 - King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
1927 - Cardiff City wins the FA Cup for their first and only time.
1931 - California gets the go-ahead by the U.S. Congress to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
1933 - The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would end Prohibition in the United States.
1935 - Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman in Antarctica.
1942 - Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
1943 - American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
1943 - The Parícutin volcano begins to form in Paricutín, México.
1944 - World War II: "Big Week" ended with American bomber raids on Nazi aircraft manufacturing centers.
1944 - World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
1947 - State of Prussia ceases to exist
1952 - Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
1959 - The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
1965 - Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
1976 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
1987 - Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, in the USA, a bomb explodes in a computer store.
1991 - A gigantic statue of Albania's long-time dictator, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital, Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters.
1998 - American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
2002 - In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370.
2005 - Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
Births
1975 - Brian Littrell, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1976 - Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness)
1976 - Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler
1977 - Bartosz Kizierowski, Polish swimmer
1977 - Stephon Marbury, American basketball player
1977 - T.J. Slaughter, American football player
1978 - Lauren Ambrose, American actress
1978 - Jakki Degg, English glamour model/actress
1978 - Jay Hernandez, American actor
1978 - Julia Jentsch, German actress
1980 - Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
1980 - Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
1980 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby union footballer
1981 - Tony Hibbert, English footballer
1981 - Chris Thile, American musician
1982 - Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
1983 - Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 - Justin Verlander, American baseball player
1985 - Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
1985 - Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
1986 - Dilaver Güçlü, Turkish footballer
1988 - Rihanna, Barbadian singer
1989 - Melanie Leishman, Canadian actress
Deaths
1992 - Dick York, American actor (b. 1928)
1993 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1916)
1996 - Solomon Asch, American psychologist (b. 1907)
1996 - Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. 1930)
1997 - Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (b. 1960)
1999 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971)
1999 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (b. 1946)
2000 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (b. 1937)
2001 - Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910)
2003 - Maurice Blanchot, French author (b. 1907)
2003 - Orville Freeman, American politician (b. 1918)
2003 - Harry Jacunski, American football player
2003 - Ty Longley, American guitarist (Great White) (b. 1971)
2003 - Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff (b. 1947)
2005 - Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (b. 1954)
2005 - Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1944)
2005 - John Raitt, American actor (b. 1917)
2005 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. 1937)
2005 - Tom Willmore, English geometer (b. 1919)
2006 - Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
2006 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (b. 1920)
2007 - F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (b. 1930)
