1993: Israeli-Palestinian Peace Accord
The first peace accord between
Israel and
Palestine is signed at the
White House in Washington, D.C. With President
Bill Clinton presiding, Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin hesitantly shook hands with
PLO Chairman Yasser
Arafat after signing an accord granting Palestine limited self-government on the
Gaza Strip and in
Jericho. The historic agreement, which promised an end to decades of bloodshed and animosity, was hammered out during secret talks in
Norway. In 1994, Rabin and Arafat signed a formal peace agreement and were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The next year, a Jewish right-wing fanatic assassinated Rabin during a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
2006
In
Canada, Kimveer Gill enters a school in Montreal with a gun and shoots one person dead and injuries another 19. After the attack he kills himself with the gun.
1998
One of the most controversial politicians in U.S. history, former Governor of
Alabama, George Wallace, dies aged 79.
1990
Andrei Chikatilo, the Soviet Union’s most prolific serial killer, is charged with the murder of 53 people.1988
Cuba’s commercial attache,
Medina Perez and ambassador, Oscar Fernandez-Mell, to Britain are both expelled from the country. The day before Perez had fired upon a group of people who he claimed were trying to get him to defect to the West.
1985
Nintendo releases the popular computer game Super Mario Bros.1982
Lindy Chamberlain appears in court in
Australia, accused of killing her nine week old baby girl. Chamberlain is found guilty but maintain her innocence. She and her husband are both later pardoned and new evidence emerges to show that she did not kill her child.
1980
A
bear that went missing the Scottish Highland when filming an advert is re-captured.
1971
Thirty-nine people are killed, including 29 prisoners and 10 prison guards and employees, when police storm the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, bringing to an end the four day siege. 1940
The Second World War:
Italy begins the invasion of
Egypt. 1914
In America, the former British diplomat Sir Roger Casement secretly meets with
Franz von Papen, the
German military attaché, to seek Germany’s support in the effort to win independence from British rule for Ireland.
1900
Philippine American War:
Filipino resistance fighters defeat the Americans at the Battle of Pulang Lupa.
1882
Anglo-Egyptian War: British forces win the Battle of Tall al
Kabir. 1759
British troops, under the command of General Wolfe, secure Canada for the
British Empire after defeating the French at the Battle of Quebec. Wolfe is killed during the battle.
1743
Great
Britain, Austria and Sardinia form a political alliance by signing the Treaty of Worms.
1969
Australian Test cricketer Shane Warne born in Victoria. 1944
Actress Jacqueline Bissett.1918
American singer Ray Charles born in Georgia as Ray
Charles Robinson. Is blind from the age of 5. A successful singer and pianist in the 1950s and 1960s.
1916
Author
Roald Dahl born of
Norwegian parents in Glamorgan,Wales. Writes adult macabre stories in his early career but becomes known as a children's author. Also writes the screenplays for films such as the James Bond movie 1990 aged 74.
1903
American actress Claudette Colbert 1894
English novelist, playwright and critic J.B Priestley (John Boynton Priestley)1874
Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg, born in Vienna. He suffered from being a triskaidekaphobe (someone afraid of the number 13). He predicts he will die on the 13th at the age of 76 (7+6 = 13) .Dies on July 13th, 1951 at 13 minutes to midnight.1982
Princess Grace of Monaco - formerly the Hollywood actress Grace Kelly - is killed in a car crash aged 52. Born in Pennsylvannia, the daughter of a wealthy
Irish businessman, she made her film debut in 1951 in 'Fourteen Hours'. Famous for supporting roles in 'High Noon' (1952) Alfred Hitchcock's thriller 'Rear Window' (1954); 'To Catch A Thief' (1955) and 'High Society' (1956). Retired in 1956 and married Prince
Rainier III of
Monaco. 1944
William Heath Robinson, the English artist and cartoonist known for his impractical drawings of complex machinery to perform simple tasks such as boiling an egg. Created and drew hundreds of designs for humourous methods of defeating the Germans during
World War II. 
