Birthdays |
| 1728 | Robert Adam, Scottish architect |
| 1883 | Franz Kafka, Czech author |
| 1927 | Ken Russell, British film director |
| 1937 | Tom Stoppard, British writer/playwirght |
| 1951 | Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer |
| 1962 | Tom Cruise, American film actor |
Events |
| 1608 | The Candian city of Quebec was founded by Samuel Champlain |
| 1863 | The battle of Gettysberg, during the American Civil War, ended |
| 1928 | The first colour TV transmission was made by John Logie Baird |
| 1944 | The Russian city of Minsk was recaptured from the Germans |
| 1954 | Food rationing in Britain officially ended |
| 1981 | There were riots in Southall during a punk concert |
| 1986 | The government abandoned its water privatisation plans |
| 1988 | A US warship in the Gulf accidently shot down an Iranian airliner |
