EVENTS
1295 BCE - The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple.
1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.
1632 - Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
1744 - War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon begins.
1819 - By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
1847 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista - 5,000 American troops drive off 15,000 Mexican.
1856 - The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1862 - Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
1879 - In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores.
1882 - Serbian kingdom refounded.
1889 - President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
1904 - UK recognises the South Orkney Islands as part of Argentina, in 1908 claims them again.
1915 - World War I: Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
1920 - In Emeryville, New York, the first dog race track to employ an imitation rabbit opens.
1923 - The United States begins the first transcontinental air mail route.
1924 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.
1942 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defense collapses.
1943 - Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany.
1944 - American aircraft bombard the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer by mistake, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
1948 - Communist coup in Czechoslovakia
1958 - Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
1959 - Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
1973 - Cold War: Following United States President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
1974 - Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit conference starts in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries are attending. Twenty-two heads of state and government participate.
1974 - Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon.
1979 - Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.
1986 - Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
1994 - Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
1997 - In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned.
2002 - Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
2006 - At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery ever, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent
BIRTHS
1967 - Alf Poier, Austrian comedian
1968 - Shawn Graham, Canadian politician
1968 - Bradley Nowell, American musician (d. 1996)
1968 - Jeri Ryan, American actress
1969 - Joaquín Cortés, Spanish dancer
1969 - Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer
1969 - Byron Stroud, American bassist
1970 - Dominic Roussel, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 - Lea Salonga, Filipina actress and singer
1972 - Michael Chang, American tennis player
1972 - Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater
1973 - Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
1973 - Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer, currently playing for Southampton F.C.
1973 - Einar Kristian Tveitå, Norwegian athlete
1974 - James Blunt, English musician
1974 - Chris Moyles, English DJ
1975 - Drew Barrymore, American actress
1976 - Faan Rautenbach, South African rugby player
1977 - Hakan Yakin, Swiss Footballer
1979 - Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
1979 - Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
1981 - Fredson Camara, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Jenna Haze, American pornographic actress
1982 - Robert Weiner, Jr., American water polo player
1985 - Sean Garballey, American politician
1986 - Miko Hughes, American actor
1986 - Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
1988 - Przemysław Kazimierczak, Polish footballer
DEATHS
1980 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian artist (b. 1886)
1982 - Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (b. 1898)
1983 - Sir Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)
1983 - Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
1984 - Jessamyn West, American writer (b. 1902)
1985 - Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (b. 1913)
1985 - Alexander Scourby, American actor (b. 1913)
1985 - Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (b. 1889)
1987 - Andy Warhol, American artist, director, and writer (b. 1928)
1989 - Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese leader, UDT President in the exterior (b. 1938)
1994 - Papa John Creach, American musician (b. 1917)
1995 - Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934)
1997 - Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (b. 1907)
1998 - Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (b. 1910)
1999 - Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)
2000 - Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (b. 1946)
2002 - Chuck Jones, American animator (b. 1912)
2002 - Jonas Savimbi, Angolan rebel leader (b. 1934)
2002 - Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat and war hero (b. 1916)
2002 - Daniel Pearl, American journalist (b. 1963)
2003 - Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (b. 1913)
2004 - Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1917)
2004 - Andy Seminick, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2005 - Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish artist (b. 1929)
2005 - Simone Simon, French actress (b. 1910)
2005 - Lee Eun Ju, Korean actress (b. 1980)
2006 - Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961)
2007 - Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)
2007 - Howard Verne Ramsey, oldest U.S. veteran of WWI (b. 1898)
2007 - Samuel Hinga Norman, Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (b. 1940)
2007 - George Jellicoe, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords & Special Boat Service veteran (b. 1918)
1295 BCE - The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple.
1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.
1632 - Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
1744 - War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon begins.
1819 - By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
1847 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista - 5,000 American troops drive off 15,000 Mexican.
1856 - The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1862 - Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
1879 - In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores.
1882 - Serbian kingdom refounded.
1889 - President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
1904 - UK recognises the South Orkney Islands as part of Argentina, in 1908 claims them again.
1915 - World War I: Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
1920 - In Emeryville, New York, the first dog race track to employ an imitation rabbit opens.
1923 - The United States begins the first transcontinental air mail route.
1924 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.
1942 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defense collapses.
1943 - Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany.
1944 - American aircraft bombard the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer by mistake, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
1948 - Communist coup in Czechoslovakia
1958 - Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
1959 - Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
1973 - Cold War: Following United States President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
1974 - Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit conference starts in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries are attending. Twenty-two heads of state and government participate.
1974 - Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon.
1979 - Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.
1986 - Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
1994 - Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
1997 - In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned.
2002 - Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
2006 - At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery ever, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent
BIRTHS
1967 - Alf Poier, Austrian comedian
1968 - Shawn Graham, Canadian politician
1968 - Bradley Nowell, American musician (d. 1996)
1968 - Jeri Ryan, American actress
1969 - Joaquín Cortés, Spanish dancer
1969 - Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer
1969 - Byron Stroud, American bassist
1970 - Dominic Roussel, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 - Lea Salonga, Filipina actress and singer
1972 - Michael Chang, American tennis player
1972 - Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater
1973 - Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
1973 - Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer, currently playing for Southampton F.C.
1973 - Einar Kristian Tveitå, Norwegian athlete
1974 - James Blunt, English musician
1974 - Chris Moyles, English DJ
1975 - Drew Barrymore, American actress
1976 - Faan Rautenbach, South African rugby player
1977 - Hakan Yakin, Swiss Footballer
1979 - Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
1979 - Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
1981 - Fredson Camara, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Jenna Haze, American pornographic actress
1982 - Robert Weiner, Jr., American water polo player
1985 - Sean Garballey, American politician
1986 - Miko Hughes, American actor
1986 - Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
1988 - Przemysław Kazimierczak, Polish footballer
DEATHS
1980 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian artist (b. 1886)
1982 - Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (b. 1898)
1983 - Sir Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)
1983 - Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
1984 - Jessamyn West, American writer (b. 1902)
1985 - Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (b. 1913)
1985 - Alexander Scourby, American actor (b. 1913)
1985 - Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (b. 1889)
1987 - Andy Warhol, American artist, director, and writer (b. 1928)
1989 - Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese leader, UDT President in the exterior (b. 1938)
1994 - Papa John Creach, American musician (b. 1917)
1995 - Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934)
1997 - Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (b. 1907)
1998 - Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (b. 1910)
1999 - Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)
2000 - Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (b. 1946)
2002 - Chuck Jones, American animator (b. 1912)
2002 - Jonas Savimbi, Angolan rebel leader (b. 1934)
2002 - Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat and war hero (b. 1916)
2002 - Daniel Pearl, American journalist (b. 1963)
2003 - Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (b. 1913)
2004 - Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1917)
2004 - Andy Seminick, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2005 - Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish artist (b. 1929)
2005 - Simone Simon, French actress (b. 1910)
2005 - Lee Eun Ju, Korean actress (b. 1980)
2006 - Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961)
2007 - Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)
2007 - Howard Verne Ramsey, oldest U.S. veteran of WWI (b. 1898)
2007 - Samuel Hinga Norman, Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (b. 1940)
2007 - George Jellicoe, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords & Special Boat Service veteran (b. 1918)
