475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople
1945 - US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
2006 - A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims
2017 - US President Barack Obama in surprise presentation awards Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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1934 - Mick Sullivan, English rugby league footballer, born in Pudsey, England (d. 2016)
1962 - Joe Quesada, American comic book writer, born in New York City
1992 - Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol, born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan (d. 2017)

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