Birthdays |
| 1888 | T.S Eliot, Poet and playwright |
| 1898 | George Gershwin, American composer |
| 1943 | Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer |
| 1945 | Bryan Ferry, British rock singer |
| 1948 | Olivia Newton-John, Singer & film actress |
Events |
| 1887 | The worlds first gramaphone was patented in Germany |
| 1934 | The liner 'Queen Mary' was launched in Clydebank, Scotland |
| 1953 | Sugar rationing in Britain came to an end |
| 1968 | Theatre censorship in Britain was abolished |
| 1979 | Compulsary metrication in Britain was abandoned |
| 1984 | The UK agreed to hand over the soverignty of Hong Kong to China in 1997 |
| 1988 | The Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold medal for drug taking |
| 1990 | The Soviet parliament agreed on a Bill for allowing religious practices |
