1934 - Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium
1954 - Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli
1969 - Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's Front for Liberation of Palestine
1991 - Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested
1995 - Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi
1999 - British TV drama "Queer as Folk" written by Russell T. Davies, starring Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly and Charlie Hunnam premieres on Channel 4
1792 - Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor
1824 - Herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar)
1876 - Wadih Sabra, Lebanese composer (Kulluna lil Watan), born in Beirut (d. 1952)
1880 - Edgar Istel, German composer, born in Mainz (d. 1948)
1975 - Robert Lopez, American composer, born in Manhattan, New York
1983 - Aziz Ansari, Indian-American comedian and actor (Parks and Recreation, Master of None), born in Columbia, South Carolina
155 - Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested and burned at stake
1792 - Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
1867 - George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90
1897 - Woldemar Bargiel, German composer, dies at 68
1992 - Jacquelyn Hyde, American actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61
1994 - Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40