1576 - Spanish troops occupy and plunder Maastricht
1911 - Norwegian Roald Amundsen sets out on a race to the South Pole
1973 - Mariette Hartley appears on "The Bob Newhart Show" in the episode "Have You Met Miss Dietz?"
1981 - Bomb attack on a synagogue in Antwerp, Belgium, leaves one person dead and injures 80
1986 - Tupolev-134 crashes in Southern Africa
1992 - David Houghton scores Zimbabwe's first Test century (121 vs. India on debut)
2024 - Egypt is declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization, becoming the third country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the 44th worldwide
2025 - Demolition crews remove facade of the East Wing of the White House for construction of a new ballroom, despite initial announcement that the existing building would not be touched

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1435 - Andrea Della Robbia, Italian sculptor, nephew of Luca, born in Florence (d. 1525)
1832 - Ellen Hardin Walworth, American author, lawyer, activist, and founding member of Daughters of the American Revolution, born in Jacksonville, Illinois (d. 1915)
1917 - Jean-Pierre Melville, French filmmaker (A Cop), born in Paris, France (d. 1973)
1942 - Earl Hindman, American actor (Home Improvement - "Wilson"; Ryan's Hope, 1975-89 - "Bob Reid"), born in Bisbee, Arizona (d. 2003)
1959 - Shuping Wang, Chinese doctor who exposed China's HIV crisis, born in Fugou County, Henan, China (d. 2019)
1961 - Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress (Sailor Moon), born in Maruko, Japan
1964 - Kamala Harris, American lawyer, politician and 49th Vice President of the United States (2021-) who was the 1st African-American, Asian-American attorney general of California, born in Oakland, California
1969 - Chantel Tremitiere, American WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs), born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
1969 - Laurie Daley, Australian rugby league footballer (Canberra Raider), born in Junee, Australia
1979 - Paul O'Connell, Irish rugby player and coach, born in Limerick, Ireland

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1910 - David B. Hill, American politician and Governor of New York (1885-91), dies at 67
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1964 - Herbert Hoover, American politician and 31st President of the United States (Republican: 1929-33), dies in NY at 90
1968 - Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, African-American TV preacher, dies at 84
1968 - Bud Flanagan [Chaim Reuben Weintrop], English comedian (duo with Chesney Alley), dies at 72
1995 - Bernadette Hingley, British Anglican priest, one of 1st women to be ordained in England, dies of cancer at 47
2006 - Frank Vicari, American jazz, session, and touring saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman; Tom Waits; Saturday Night Live), dies at 75
2013 - Leon Ashley [Walton], American country music singer-songwriter ("Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)"), and record label owner, dies at 77
2014 - Spyros Zagoraios, Greek folk singer ("Stis Larisis To Potami", "Atonement"), dies at 86
2019 - Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician (President of the Senate of the Philippines. 2000-01; Senator, 1987-92 and 1998-2010), dies at 85

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