Birthdays |
| 1885 | Baroness Karen Blixen, Danish author who wrote 'Out of Africa' |
| 1909 | Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer |
| 1920 | Lord Kilbracken, Author and journalist |
| 1925 | Harry Carpenter, Television sports commentator |
| 1938 | Ann Jones, Former Tennis champion and now TV tennis commentator |
| 1939 | Evel Knievel, Record breaker and spectacular stunt man |
| 1940 | Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Concert pianist |
| 1942 | Kelly Monteith, American comedian |
Events |
| 1902 | In Detroit the first ever 'Cadillac' was produced |
| 1956 | Britains first atomic energy power station (Calder Hall) was opened by the Queen |
| 1962 | Hyde Park underpass in London was opened, resulting in large traffic jams |
| 1980 | Mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupted for the third time in 24 hours |
| 1982 | The outlawing of the 'Solidarity' labour movement caused widespread strikes & demonstrations in Poland |
| 1988 | Scottish scientist James Black was awarded the Nobel prize for his work on treating angina & blood pressure |
| 1989 | An earthquake measuring 7 points on the richter scale struck San Fransisco & Los Angeles |
