EVENTS:
- 1068 – An earthquake affects the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula, leaving up to 20,000 dead.
- 1906 – Traian Vuia flies a heavier-than-air aircraft for 11 meters at an altitude of one meter.
- 1922 – In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
- 1925 – The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
- 1944 – The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 people and causes thousands to flee their homes.
- 1953 – An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
- 1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
- 2015 – The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. 23 people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded.
BIRTHS:
- 1828 – Randal Cremer, English activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1908)
- 1877 – Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer (d. 1945)
- 1934 – Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
- 1938 – Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer
- 1939 – Ron Atkinson, English footballer and manager
- 1944 – Frank McRae, American football player and actor
- 1947 – David Lloyd, English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster
- 1969 – Shaun Udal, English cricketer
- 1977 – Danny Murphy, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1989 – Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
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