Events (50 years ago today): 1969 – U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.

Births (100 years ago today): 1919 – V. Dakshinamoorthy, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

Births (50 years ago today): 1969 – Jakob Dylan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Deaths (350 years ago today): 1669 – Pope Clement IX (b. 1600)

Commemorations:
International Anti-Corruption Day