Birthdays |
| 1840 | Claude Monet, Renowned French painter |
| 1900 | Aaron Copland, American composer |
| 1904 | Harold Larwood, Centre of the cricketing 'bodyline' controversy |
| 1908 | Joseph McCarthy, US senator who led the anti-communist 'witch hunts' |
| 1935 | King Hussein of Jordon, Sandhurst trained monarch |
| 1940 | Freddy Garrity, Leader of the Pop group 'Freddy And The Dreamers' |
| 1954 | Bernard Hinault, Cyclist; winner of the 'Tour de France' many times |
Events |
| 1910 | The first take off by an aircraft from a ship took place, from the cruiser Birmingham in Chesapeake Bay |
| 1922 | BBC radio was first broadcast from Alexandra Palace |
| 1922 | The first regular news bulletin was broadcast by the BBC station 2LO, in London's Strand |
| 1940 | Coventry Cathedral was destroyed by German bombs, which also killed 1,000 people in the city |
| 1941 | The Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier, was sunk |
| 1963 | As a result of volcanic activity,the Icelandic island of Surtsey was born |
| 1973 | Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey |
| 1991 | British film director, Tony Richardson, died |
