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1921 – The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years. 1992 – A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo , resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War .
1953 – The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax. 1954 – People's Action Party , an eventual dominative political party in Singapore , was established.
1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.; 1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland. [5]1716 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.
1945 – Maurice Bembridge, English golfer (d. 2024) 1946 – Tyne Daly, American actress and singer [16] 1946 – Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer [16] 1946 – Alan Rickman, English actor and director (d. 2016) [18] 1946 – Bob Ryan, American journalist and author; 1947 – Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1929 – Bernard Williams, English-Italian philosopher and academic (d. 2003) 1930 – John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2004) 1930 – Bob Stokoe, English footballer and manager (d. 2004) 1931 – Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012) [26] 1932 – Shirley Conran, English journalist and author (d ...
1758 – Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later. She is returned six and a half years later. 1792 – A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen , near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū , creating a deadly tsunami that killed ...
1957 – Eric Coates, English viola player and composer (b. 1886) 1958 – H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875) 1958 – Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884) 1959 – Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883) 1963 – Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
2005 – Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and actor (b. 1941) 2005 – Lord Alfred Hayes, English-American wrestler and manager (b. 1928) 2006 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-American actor and singer (b. 1933) 2006 – Ta Mok, Cambodian soldier and monk (b. 1926) 2007 – Dubravko Škiljan, Croatian linguist and academic (b. 1949)