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Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France.
1881
Composer and pianist Béla Bartók born in Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary/p>
1908
Film director David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) born Croydon, England.
1918
Sports journalist Howard Cosell born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
1925
Author Flannery O'Connor (Wise Blood) born in Savannah, Georgia.
1934
American journalist and activist Gloria Steinem born in Toledo, Ohio.
1942 
Soul sister Number One Aretha Franklin born in Memphis Tennessee.
1947
Rocker Elton John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight) born in Pinner, England.
1969
John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel during their honeymoon.
1975
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.
