1741 - Elisabeth Petrovna becomes Tsarina of Russia
1916 - David Lloyd George replaces resigning H. H. Asquith as British Prime Minister
1937 - Russian chess player Alexander Alekhine recaptures his final world title from Dutch grand master Max Euwe by a large margin (+10−4=11)
1978 - Islander's Mike Bossy's 1st career hat trick
1996 - Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), lands
2007 - The Hebei Spirit oil spill began in South Korea after a crane barge being towed by tug collided with the very large crude carrier, Hebei Spirit.
1860 - Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia, born in Silverdale, Staffordshire, England (d. 1947)
1863 - Felix Calonder, Swiss politician (Free Democratic Party), born in Scuol, Switzerland (d. 1952)
1878 - Akiko Yosano, Japanese poet (Tangled Hair), born in Sakai, Ōsaka, Japan (d. 1942)
1971 - Ben Atkins, American fencer-epee (Olympics 1996), born in NYC, New York
1987 - Aaron Carter, American singer, rapper and songwriter, born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2022)
1989 - Nicholas Hoult, English actor (The Favourite; Tolkien; Peter III-The Great), born in Wokingham, England
1881 - Julius FA Bahnsen, German philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51
1946 - Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871)
1984 - Jeanne Cagney, American stage, screen, and radio actress (Lion is in the Streets; Quicksand; Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies of lung cancer at 65
1990 - Peter Mieg, Swiss composer, dies at 84
1990 - Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet and novelist (Pentagonia), dies at 47
2019 - Ron Saunders, English soccer striker (Portsmouth) and manager (Manchester City, Aston Villa, Birmingham City), dies at 87