1990 Boris Yeltsin resigns from the Soviet Communist Party, spelling the end of communism in Russia

1730 The birth of Josiah Wedgwood, English potter

1854 The birth of George Eastman, American pioneer in photography

1876 The birth of Max Jacob, French poet

1884 The birth of Amedeo Modigliani, Italian artist

1895 The birth of Buckminster Fuller, American architect

1904 The birth of Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet

1917 The birth of Andrew Wyeth, American painter

2005 Terrorists kill 5 people and wound 90 people in a crowded mall in Netanya, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.

2007 Queen Elizabeth II visits the world's largest Commonwealth war grave in Ypres, Belgium to pay respects to fallen soldiers of the Battle of Passchendaele.

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