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• 1157 – King Richard I of England (d. 1199)
• 1841 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (d. 1904)
• 1897 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer (d. 1933)
• 1910 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Sid Caesar, American comedian
• 1922 – Lyndon LaRouche, American politician (OK...maybe not glad to share w/ him...)
• 1924 – Grace Metalious, American novelist (d. 1964)
• 1925 – Peter Sellers, English actor (d. 1980)
• 1932 – Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)
• 1937 – Sam Nunn, American politician
• 1941 – Bernie Sanders, American politician
• 1946 – L.C. Greenwood, American football player
• 1947 – Ann Beattie, American writer
• 1947 – Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (d. 2000)
• 1954 – Mark Foley, American politician (OK...maybe not w/him either...)
• 1955 – Terry Tempest Williams, American author and environmentalist
• 1957 – Heather Thomas, American actress
• 1960 – Aimee Mann, American musician
• 1960 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman; husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (d. 1990)
• 1962 – Sergio Casal, Spanish tennis player
• 1970 – Neko Case, American musician
• 1971 – Brooke Burke, American model
• 1971 – David Arquette, American actor

• 70 – Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
• 1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
• 1565 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés settles St. Augustine, Florida.
• 1892 - "Pledge of Allegiance" was published in the popular children's magazine The Youth's Companion
• 1900 – Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
• 1921 – 16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
• 1923 – Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.
• 1926 – Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
• 1934 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
• 1935 – US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
• 1943 – World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
• 1951 – Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War.
• 1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
• 1968 – The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show. They perform their new hit Hey Jude.
• 1970 – Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as Black September
• 1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
• 1974 – Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
• 1991 – Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
• 1998 – Mark McGwire hits his 62nd home run of the season off of Steve Trachsel (Chicago Cubs), breaking Roger Maris' long standing record of 61.

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