1456 – Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
1815 – Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
1950 – Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
1958 – WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1973 – Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall
2008 – Human remains previously found in 1991 are finally identified by Russian and American scientists as those of Tsar Nicholas II.
1869 – Ellis Parker Butler, American author (d. 1937)
1896 – (Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author
1901 – Walt [Walter Elias] Disney, animator, (Mickey Mouse), producer and co-founder of Walt Disney Co., born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1966)
1947 – Jugderdemidjin Gurragcha, Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39)
1951 – Morgan Brittany, [Suzanne Cupito], LA Cal, actress (Katherine-Dallas)
1965 – Wayne Smith, Jamaican reggae musician
1355 – Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies
1926 – Claude Monet, French impressionist, dies at 86
1994 – Richard Brian Waring Barton-Chapple, writer, dies at 69
1995 – Victor Collin Matthews, businessman, dies on 76th birthday
2013 – Colin Wilson, English writer, dies at 82
2013 – Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist, political prisoner (1962-90) and South African President (1994-99), dies of a lung infection at 95