1842 - John C. Frémont sets off from Kansas River on his first expedition of the Oregon Trail with frontierman Kit Carson as his guide
1954 - Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factories nationalized
1963 - "Sukiyaki" sung by Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto, hits #1
1965 - South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products
1982 - Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat
1994 - Disney's animated musical film "The Lion King" opens in theaters with $42 million
1886 - Charles Wood, Irish composer of church music, born in Armagh, United Kingdom (d. 1926)
1894 - Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and arranger (Oklahoma!), born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 1981)
1920 - George Ernest Leslie, Scottish trade union official, born in Leith, Scotland (d. 1996)
1920 - Alla Kazanskaya, Russian stage and film actress (Burnt by the Sun), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2008)
1927 - Hugo Pratt, Italian graphic artist, born in Rimini, Italy (d. 1995)
1971 - Jake Busey, American actor
923 - Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle
1521 - Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. 1442)
1679 - Guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)
1962 - Alfred Cortot, French-Swiss pianist and teacher, dies at 84
1995 - Charles Bennett, English screenwriter, dies at 95
2001 - Julius Juzeliūnas, Lithuanian composer and organist (The Game), dies at 85