1863 - Skirmish at Brentwood, Tennessee
1927 - 86th Grand National: 8/1 favourite Sprig wins; ridden by jockey Ted Leader, trained by his father Tom Leader
1937 - Washington Daily News is 1st US newspaper with perfumed advertising page
1954 - 26th Academy Awards: "From Here to Eternity" best film, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn best actor, actress
1974 - Chipko forest conservation movement begins in Reni Village, Western Himalayas, India, when local woman Gaura Devi hugs a tree to prevent its logging

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1786 - Giovanni Battista Amici, Italian astronomer, physicist and botanist, born in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (now Italy) (d. 1863)
1909 - Jay Blackton, American conductor and arranger (Guys and Dolls; Oklahoma!), born in New York City (d. 1994)
1965 - Avery Johnson, American NBA point guard, analyst for CBS Sports, and coach (1999 NBA champion, 2006 Coach of the Year), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1973 - Anthony Barness, English footballer
1981 - Casey Neistat, American YouTube star and co-founder of Beme, born in Gales Ferry, Connecticut

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1979 - Anton Heiller, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 55
1991 - Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78