1343 – Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.
1886 – First British government of Salisbury resigns
1918 – “Tarzan of the Apes”, 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater
1958 – Ferenc Munnich succeeds Kadar as premier of Hungary
1989 – German war criminals Fischer and Aus der Funten freed
1995 – Eric Cantona of Manchester United fined and banned from playing football after attacking a fan
1834 – Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements)
1912 – E. R. Braithwaite, diplomat and writer (To Sir with Love), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2016)
1927 – Doretta Morrow, American actress (Because You’re Mine), born in NYC, New York
1928 – Hans Modrow, a German politician, premier of East Germany
1967 – Dave Manson, Prince Albert, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
1979 – Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgian beach volleyball player
1164 – Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies
1964 – Lieb Glantz, Ukrainian-born tenor, composer and Zionist, dies at 65
1969 – Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82
1981 – Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78
1995 – Jean Tardieu, French dramatist, dies at 91
2007 – Tige Andrews, American actor (b. 1920)