German/Dutch author, Holocaust victim
American politician, 41st President of the United States
American weightlifter, wrestler
British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, poet, actor
Russian/French rabbi
South African/English businessman, founded Butlins
American civil rights activist
American illustrator
Romanian/Austrian composer
Rebels arrive at Blackheath.
34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch, marking the beginning of the French colonization of Algeria.
The bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War in Louisa County ends with Confederate tactical victory and Union successful retreat.
Al Capone, the notorious gangster, is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury.
Anne Frank receives her diary as a birthday present in Amsterdam, which she uses to document her experiences as a Jewish girl in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
The South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison, where he spends 27 years before being released and becoming the President of South Africa in 1994.
US President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" near the Berlin Wall, which later became a symbol of the end of the Cold War when it was dismantled in 1989.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin becomes Russia's first President and launches radical economic reforms aimed at dismantling socialism and restoring capitalism.
The Boeing 777, or Triple Seven, takes off on its maiden flight and becomes one of Boeing's most commercially successful planes, typically transporting up to 451 passengers.
In what is now thought to be one of the deadliest incidents of violence against LGBTQ people in history, a shooting committed by 29-year old Omar Mateen kills 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It is also the second deadliest terrorist attack on US soil since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump meet at the Singapore summit, marking the first time a North Korean leader and an incumbent US President have ever met.