Birthdays for Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Daniel Day Lewis (1957), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958) and Uma Thurman (1970)

Anniversary of:
• the release of Aretha Franklin’s song Respect (1967)
• the death of Alfred Hitchcock (1980)
• LA police officers acquitted of beating Rodney King, causing deadly riots (1992)
• the Chemical Weapons Convention coming into force, which outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories (1997)