1575 – University Leiden founded, and given the motto “Praesidium Libertatis”
1916 – French cruiser “Admiral Charner” torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374
1968 – Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in SC State (Orangeburg)
1979 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 – Denis Sassou-Nguesso became the President of the Republic of the Congo for the first time.
1993 – Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die
1891 – Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer
1903 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s founding father, 1st Prime Minister of Malaya (1957-63) and Malaysia (1963-70), born in Alor Star, Kedah (d. 1990)
1953 – Mary Steenburgen, Newport Ark, actress (Parenthood, Time After Time)
1965 – Terry McDaniel, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders, LA Raiders)
1965 – Rod Bernstine, NFL running back (Denver Broncos)
1974 – Seth Green, American actor and producer (Family Guy, Austin Powers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1750 – Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
1771 – Augusta von Saxen-Gotha, German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies
1910 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (b. 1854)
1989 – Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81
2000 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
2009 – Marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (b. 1982)