Birthdays |
| 1862 | Frederick Delius, English composer |
| 1879 | W.C Fields, Stage and film comedian |
| 1909 | Viscount Tonypandy, Speaker of the House of Commons 1976 to 1983 |
| 1924 | Brian Trubshaw, Test Pilot responsible for the Concorde airliner |
| 1933 | Sacha Distel, French singer |
| 1941 | Tom Selleck, American film and TV actor (TV's 'Magnum') |
| 1943 | Tony Blackburn, British disc jockey |
| 1950 | Jody Sheckter, South African born racing World Champion |
| 1961 | Pauline Henry, Of the Pop group 'The Chimes' |
Events |
| 1820 | King George III of Britain died at Windsor Castle, aged 81 |
| 1964 | The screen actor Alan Ladd died from an overdose of alcohol and sedatives |
| 1964 | At Innsbruck in Austria, the 9th Winter Olympic games opened |
| 1966 | A bill was published by the government, permitting random breath tests |
| 1969 | Britain was refused entry into the European Economic Community |
| 1978 | Sweden became the first country to introduce a law, banning the use of aerosol sprays harmful to the ozone layer |
| 1986 | Oxford University Dons refused the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, an honorary degree |
