2006
Saddam Hussein executed
Iraq
1999
Former Beatles musician George Harrison was stabbed in the chest and badly injured by an intruder who broke into his home in Oxfordshire, UK
Great Britain
1996
Bodo separatists bombed a passenger train in the Indian state of Assam, killing 26 people
India
1993
Israel and the Vatican agreed to recognise each other and established diplomatic relations.
Israel
1979
Death of Richard Rodgers, American composer of musicals, well-known for his collaborations with Oscar Hammerstein and Lorenz Hart (Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, The King and I, etc)
United States
1948
Cole Porter’s musical ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ opened at the New Century Theatre, Broadway, New York for the first of 1,077 performances.
United States
1934
Birth of Del Shannon, American rock and roll singer, songwriter & guitarist
United States
1919
The first female Bar student was admitted to Lincolns Inn law school in London
Great Britain
1916
Death of Grigory Rasputin, Siberian mystic
Russian Federation
1906
Birth of Carol Reed, British film director
Great Britain
1893
Death of Sir Samual Baker, explorer of the Nile
Great Britain
1460
Battle of Wakefield
Great Britain