- 1796 – Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland
- 1890 - Rose Kennedy mom of JFK, RFK & Ted was born
- 1933 – Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world world, traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes
- 1978 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer was born
- 1980 – Dirk Kuyt, Dutch football striker was born
- 1984 – Stewart Downing, English footballer was born
- 2003 – Saddam Hussein’s sons, Uday and Ousay, were killed in a firefight.
- 1847 – The first large company of Mormon immigrants entered the Salt Lake Valley, in what was still Mexican territory. Soon after, Mormon leader Brigham Young founded Salt Lake City,Utah.
- 2003 – Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay’s 14-year old son, and a bodyguard
- 2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician was shot dead after been mistaken for a terrorist
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