2005
Ellen Macarthur sails solo around the world
Great Britain
1999
Death of King Hussein of Jordan
Jordan
1984
American space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert L. Stewart carried out the first untethered spacewalk
United States
1979
Death of Josef Mengele, German physician at Auschwitz, Nazi war criminal
Germany
1965
First US raids against North Vietnam
Viet Nam
1964
The Beatles arrive on their first visit to the United States
United States
1959
Death of Daniel Malan, South African Prime Minister who formed the first exclusively Afrikaner government
South Africa
1908
Birth of Buster Crabbe, American Olympic Gold medal-winning swimmer. (He said he was born in 1910)
United States
1883
Birth of Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer .
United States
1301
Son of Edward I created first Prince of Wales
Great Britain