70The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
526Election of Pope Felix IV following the death of Pope John I earlier that year.
813Leo V the Armenian is crowned as Byzantine Emperor after he successfully forced previous emperor Michael I Rangabe to abdicate the previous day.
927King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accept the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.
1789In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
1799Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).
1801British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.
1806At the insistence of Napoleon, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg and thirteen minor principalities leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
1812The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario.
1847A riot occurs in Woodstock, New Brunswick, between Catholics and members of the Orange Order that results in up to ten deaths.
2006A cross-border raid by Hezbollah militants starts the 2006 Lebanon War.
2007U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
2012Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
2012A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
2013Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.
2024Gazpromavia Flight 9608 crashes in Russia's Kolomensky District near Kolomna, killing three.
2026A bar fire kills 33 people in Bangkok, Thailand.
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100 a. C.Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (died 44 BC)
1394Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (died 1441)
1468Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, playwright, and composer (probable; (died 1530)
1477Jacopo Sadoleto, Italian cardinal (died 1547)
1549Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (died 1587)
1628Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (died 1684)
1675Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (died 1742)
1730Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (died 1795)
1803Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (died 1841)
1807Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic (died 1893)
1813Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic (died 1878)
1817Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (died 1862)
1817Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska (died 1899)
1821D. H. Hill, American general and academic (died 1889)
1824Eugène Boudin, French painter (died 1898)
1849William Osler, Canadian physician and author (died 1919)
1850Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (died 1912)
1852Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina (died 1933)
1854George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (died 1933)
1855Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower, academic, and businessman (died 1908)
1857George E. Ohr, American potter (died 1918)
1861Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1906)
1863Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (died 1933)
1863Paul Drude, German physicist and academic (died 1906)
1868Stefan George, German poet and translator (died 1933)
1937Guy Woolfenden, English composer and conductor (died 2016)
1938Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2019)
1938Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
1938Eiko Ishioka, Japanese art director and graphic designer (died 2012)
1938Ray Scott, American basketball player and coach
1939Phillip Adams, Australian journalist and producer
1939Bill Cooper, American football player
1941Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (died 2007)
1942Swamp Dogg, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician
1942Roy Palmer, English cricketer and umpire
1942Billy Smith, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
1942Steve Young, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
1943Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2022)
1943Paul Silas, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)
1944Simon Blackburn, English philosopher and academic
1944Delia Ephron, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
1945Butch Hancock, American country-folk singer-songwriter and musician
1946Sian Barbara Allen, American television actress (died 2025)
1947Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
1947Carl Lundgren, American artist and illustrator
1947Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic
1948Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer
1948Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948Elias Khoury, Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (died 2024)
1948Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor (died 2024)
1950Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (died 1991)
1950Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951Brian Grazer, American screenwriter and producer, founded Imagine Entertainment
1951Cheryl Ladd, American actress
1951Piotr Pustelnik, Polish mountaineer
1951Jamey Sheridan, American actor
1952Voja Antonić, Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer
1952Irina Bokova, Bulgarian politician, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1954Eric Adams, American singer-songwriter
1954Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer and coach
1955Timothy Garton Ash, English historian and author
1956Mel Harris, American actress
1956Pate Mustajärvi, Finnish rock singer (died 2025)
1956Sandi Patty, American singer and pianist
1956Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player
1957Catherine Connolly, Irish politician, 10th President of Ireland <Ref>[https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/catherine-connolly-becomes-irelands-president-36139093 Here's all we know about Catherine Connolly's family life as she becomes Ireland's next President]</ref>
1957Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
1957Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2017)
1958Tonya Lee Williams, English-Canadian actress and producer
1959Tupou VI, King of Tonga
1959Karl J. Friston, English psychiatrist and neuroscientist
1959Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (died 2017)
1961Heikko Glöde, German footballer and manager
1961Shiva Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer
1962Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer
1962Luc De Vos, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)