1. 1709 - The creator of the first dictionary of the English language, Samuel Johnson, is born in England
2. 1759 - The French formally surrenders Quebec to the British
3. 1851 - The first edition of The New York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times, is published
4. 1961- UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold is killed in an air crash
5. 1964 - The first episode of the The Addams Family is broadcast in the US
6. 1970 - Rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix dies after collapsing at a party in London
7. 1971 - Lance Armstrong is born
8. 1973 - Future President Jimmy Carter files a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), claiming he had seen an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)
9. 1987 - Fatal Attraction starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close, opens in cinemas
10. 1999 - Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in major league baseball history to hit 60 homers in two seasons
11. 2004 - Britney Spears marries Kevin Federline
image: © bike
The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire
Hubris: How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain
