In 1900, international forces - including U.S. Marines - entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at ridding China of foreigners.
In 1917, China declared war on Germany and Austria at the start of World War I.
In 1951, newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, Calif.
In 1969, British troops arrived in Northern Ireland to intervene in the sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics. The conflict since has claimed the lives of more than 2,700 people.
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Newspaper columnist Russell Baker (1925)
Singer Buddy Greco (1926)
Rock singer David Crosby (1941)
Actress Susan Saint James (1946)
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"To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time."