1961 - The Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein after a lunch time performance at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England
1968 - Ian Paisley and Ronald Bunting lead a Loyalist march to the Diamond area of Derry, North Ireland
1985 - Russia's Garry Kasparov, at 22, becomes the youngest World Chess Champion with a 13-11 win over fellow countryman Anatoly Karpov
1992 - Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcast in Las Vegas, Nevada on KFBI
1999 - TAESA Flight 725 crashes a few minutes after leaving Uruapan Airport en route to Mexico City, killing 18 people

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