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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769), French emperor
Robert Bolt (1924), British dramatist
Sir Walter Scott (1771), Scottish novelist
Jenny Hanley (1947), Actress
T.E Lawrence (1888), 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier & author
Princess Anne (1950), The Queens daughter
Jim Dale (1935), Actor
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1987 The use of the cane in British state schools was banned
1975 Mujibur Rahman, the leader of Bangladesh, was assassinated
1969 The Woodstock music festival, in New York state, took place
1965 The US National Guard was called out to deal with race riots in Los Angeles
1948 Korea proclaimed itself a republic
1947 India gained its independence from Britain
1944 Allied forces landed in the south of France; Marseilles was captured
1908 Prussian women were given the right to attend university
1901 The Cadillac motor company was founded in Detroit, USA
1543 The Jesuit order was founded in Paris