1813 - Stettin surrenders to allied armies
1824 - First Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, South Carolina
1953 - Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce the "Piltdown Man" skull, one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, is a hoax
1955 - KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1994 - 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland v NSW, SCG)
2004 - 56th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Kurt Busch wins
1495 - John Bale, English bishop and anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan), born in Cove, Suffolk, England (d. 1563)
1870 - Stanley Jackson, English cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal), born in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire, England (d. 1947)
1898 - René Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter (This is Not a Pipe)
1932 - Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)
1966 - Jerry Fontenot, NFL center/guard (Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints)
1987 - Brian Douwes, Dutch kickboxer and martial artist
1922 - Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist (b. 1874).
1963 - Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61
1972 - Karel Haba, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 74
1981 - Harry Von Zell, TV announcer (Burns and Allen), dies at 75
1986 - Marcelino Sanchez, American actor (b. 1957)
1995 - Noel Jones, British diplomat (b. 1940)