1997
The United Nations estimated that 230,000 people had been left homeless after flooding in Somalia
1967
French President Charles de Gaulle vetoed Britain's entry into the European Common Market
1934
Death of Baby Face Nelson, American bank robber, shot by FBI agents
1914
First policewoman goes on duty in Britain
Great Britain
1909
Birth of James Agee, Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, poet, screenwriter (The African Queen), and film critic
1908
Death of Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist .
1809
Birth of Fanny Kemble, British actress and author
1095
Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont
Italy