1703 - Great storm of 1703 hits Southern England - thousands killed, Royal Navy losses 13 ships and around 1,500 seamen
1924 - German election (Social Democrats win, Nazis and Communists lose)
1941 - The Imperial Japanese Navy, with 353 planes, attacks the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people
1964 - George Harrison changes his music publishing company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs
2020 - Australian states celebrate "Freedom Day" easing COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria and New South Wales

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1830 - Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician (grafostatica), born in Pavia, Italy (d. 1903)
1935 - Jean-Claude Casadesus, French conductor (Orchestre national de Lille, 1976-2016), born in Paris, France
1954 - Bertín Osborne, Italian entertainer, born in Madrid, Spain
1988 - Emily Browning, Australian actress (Ghost Ship), born in Melbourne, Australia

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