– Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion. 2008 – The stock market crashes after the first United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails, leading to the Great Recession. 2009 – The 8.1 Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds. 2011 – The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case. 2013 – Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria. 2016 – Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. 2019 – Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election. Births Pre-1600 106 BC – Pompey, Roman general and politician (d. 48 BC) 1240 – Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (d. 1275) 1402 – Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (d. 1443) 1511 – Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (d. 1553) 1527 – John Lesley, Scottish bishop (d. 1596) 1547 – Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1616) 1548 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626) 1561 – Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (d. 1615) 1574 – Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish nobleman and politician (d. 1624) 1601–1900 1602 – Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader (d. 1668) 1636 – Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (d. 1715) 1639 – William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (d. 1683) 1640 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor and educator (d. 1720) 1673 – Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer (d. 1763) 1691 – Richard Challoner, English bishop (d. 1781) 1703 – François Boucher, French painter and set designer (d. 1770) 1725 – Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (d. 1774) 1758 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (d. 1805) 1766 – Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (d. 1828) 1803 – Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1850) 1808 – Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (d. 1868) 1810 – Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (d. 1865) 1812 – Adolph Göpel, German mathematician (d. 1847) 1832 – Joachim Oppenheim, Czech rabbi and author (d. 1891) 1832 – Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico (d. 1867) 1843 –