Bernard Law Montgomery (Britain) 1887, Rock Hudson 1925, Gordon Lightfoot 1938 - Singer
Martin Scorsese 1942 - Director, Danny DeVito 1944 - Actor, Daisy Fuentes 1966 - Actress, model
1558 - Elizabeth I ascended the English throne upon the death of Queen Mary Tudor.
1603 - Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for treason.
1869 - The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas.
1913 - In Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm banned the armed forces from dancing the tango.
1968 - NBC cut away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, "Heidi," on schedule. The Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets 43-32.
1973 - U.S. President Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, FL, "people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."
1988 - Benazir Bhutto became the first woman leader of an Islamic country. She was elected in the first democratic elections in Pakistan in 11 years.
1997 - 62 people were killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt. The attackers were killed by police.
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