1967 – UN Sec council passes resolut 242-Israel must give back occupied land
1977 – First three nodes of the ARPAnet are connected, in what would eventually become the Internet.
1981 – 31st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Darrell Waltrip wins
1981 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 – PNP/MAN win Antilian parliamentary election
1987 – Patriots shutout Indianapolis 24-0
1902 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)
1935 – Michael Callan, [Calinieff], actor (Peter-Occasional Wife), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1936 – Hans Zender, German composer and conductor, born in Wiesbaden
1943 – George W [Buddy] Darden, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
1962 – Victor Pelevin, Russian writer
1981 – Ben Adams, English singer
1916 – Jack London, American activist and author (Call of the Wild), dies at 40
1954 – Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian UN ambassador, dies at 70
1988 – Janet Ertel, crooner, dies
1994 – Norma Donaldson, US singer/actress (Staying Alive), dies at 68
2005 – Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (b. 1920)
2007 – Verity Lambert, first producer of British SF series Doctor Who (b. 1935)