- 1565 – The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
- 1883 – Benito Mussolini is born
- 1890 – Vincent van Gogh (<3), Dutch painter, dies
- 1892 – William Powell (<3), American actor, is born
- 1905 – Clara Bow, American actress, is born
- 1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party
- 1924 – Elizabeth Short, victim in the Black Dahlia case, is born
- 1930 – Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer, is born
- 1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-born American journalist, is born
- 1953 – Tim Gunn, American television personality, is born
- 1966 – Martina McBride, American country music singer, is born
- 1972 – Wil Wheaton, American actor, is born
- 1974 – Josh Radnor, American actor, is born (How I Met Your Mother)
- 1974 – "Mama" Cass Elliot, American singer, dies (The Mamas and the Papas)
- Olaf II of Norway day
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