Birthdays |
| 1819 | Charles Kingsley, English clergymen & novelist |
| 1897 | Anthony Eden, British politician |
| 1924 | George Bush, Former (41st) US President |
| 1929 | Anne Frank, Dutch wartime diarist |
| 1945 | Pat Jennings, Footballer |
Events |
| 1922 | Insulin was patented |
| 1938 | Severe flooding of China's Yellow river killed thousands |
| 1944 | The first V1 rocket fell on England during World War 2 |
| 1965 | The Beatles received MBE's in the Queens Birthday Honours |
| 1979 | The first ever Channel crossing by a pedal powered plane took place |
| 1987 | Margaret Thatcher won her third election in a row |
| 1987 | Students and police clashed in Seoul, South Korea |
| 1988 | A study found cars to be a worldwide air pollution threat |
| 1989 | MP's voted to allow television cameras into the House Of Commons |
| 1991 | Boris Yeltsin was elected the President of the new Russian Republic |
