Birthdays |
| 1756 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer |
| 1839 | George Armstrong Custer, Killed at the battle of 'The Little Bighorn' |
| 1901 | Walt Disney, US cartoon film producer; 'Mickey Mouse' & 'Donald Duck' |
| 1902 | Emeric Pressburger, Film maker |
| 1906 | Otto Preminger, Film director; 'Carmen Jones' |
| 1935 | Little Richard, Singer/songwriter and pianist |
| 1941 | Sheridan Morley, Drama critic, and son of the actor Robert Morley |
| 1946 | Jose Carreras, Spanish operatic tenor |
Events |
| 1766 | The founder of the famous London auctioneers, James Christie, held his first sale |
| 1870 | Alexandre Dumas, the French author of 'The Three Musketeers', died in Dieppe |
| 1872 | The vessel 'Marie Celeste' was found abandoned in the Atlantic, no trace of her crew was ever found |
| 1926 | The French painter Claude Monet died as a recluse, in Giverny |
| 1933 | In America, prohibition was repealed after over 13 years |
| 1945 | In the 'Bermuda Triangle' five US Navy bombers, on a training flight, disappeared without trace |
| 1956 | Britains first woman judge, Miss Rose Heilbron, was appointed |
| 1973 | During a petrol shortage, the British government imposed a 50mph speed limit on roads to save fuel |
