Birthdays |
| 1810 | Frederic Chopin, Polish composer |
| 1904 | Glenn Miller, American bandleader |
| 1910 | David Niven, Scottish born Hollywood film actor |
| 1927 | Harry Belafonte, American singer |
| 1940 | David Broome, Showjumper |
| 1945 | Roger Daltrey, English singer with 'The Who'; actor |
| 1954 | Ron Howard, US TV actor & film director; TV's 'Happy Days' |
Events |
| 1780 | Pennsylvania became the first American state to abolish slavery |
| 1932 | The baby son of Charles Lindbergh, the American aviator, was kidnapped |
| 1940 | Vivien Leigh won an Oscar for her part in 'Gone With The Wind' |
| 1954 | The first American hydrogen bomb test took place on the island of Bikini |
| 1966 | The first ever (crash) landing on Venus took place; by the soviet probe Venus 3 |
| 1978 | The coffin of Charles Chaplin was stolen, only months after being buried |
| 1979 | A devolution vote in Scotland failed to reach the 40% requirement |
| 1983 | British Leyland launced a new car, the Maestro |
