2009 – Houston, Texas elects Annise Parker
The City of Houston becomes the most populous city in the United States to have an openly gay mayor.
1969 – Piazza Fontana bombing
A bomb exploded at the building of the National Agrarian Bank, Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and injuring 88.
1963 – Kenyan independence
Kenya declared its independence from the UK.
1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
It was the first of the larger states to vote to ratify the document.
1950 – Rajinikanth
Indian actor, screenwriter, producer
1923 – Bob Barker
American game show host
1915 – Frank Sinatra
American singer, actor
1881 – Harry Warner
Polish/American businessman, co-founded Warner Bros.
1863 – Edvard Munch
Norwegian painter
2007 – Ike Turner
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer
1999 – Joseph Heller
American author, playwright
1985 – Anne Baxter
American actress
1968 – Tallulah Bankhead
American actress
1889 – Robert Browning
English poet
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