The widest tornado ever recorded hits El Reno, Oklahoma
The storm had a width of 4.2 km (2.6 mi). Nine people were killed as it swept over rural areas of Central Oklahoma.
Deep Throat reveals himself
Former FBI agent Mark Felt admitted that he was the most important informant in the 1970’s Watergate scandal which uncovered the dirty tricks of the Nixon administration, ultimately leading to Nixon’s resignation.
South Africa becomes an independent republic
Following international criticism of the country’s Apartheid regime, it had to leave the Commonwealth of Nations. The system of racial segregation was gradually abolished in the early 1990s.
The Great Clock housing Big Ben starts keeping time
The clock at the top of Elizabeth Tower at the north end of the British Houses of Parliament is one of the world’s best-known timekeepers.
- 1976 Colin Farrell
Irish actor - 1945 Rainer Werner Fassbinder
German actor, director, screenwriter - 1930 Clint Eastwood
American actor, director, producer, politician - 1894 Fred Allen
American comedian, actor, radio host - 1819 Walt Whitman
American poet, author
- 2010 Louise Bourgeois
French/American sculptor - 1996 Timothy Leary
American psychologist, author - 1983 Jack Dempsey
American boxer - 1837 Joseph Grimaldi
English actor, dancer - 1809 Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
