Birthdays |
| 1882 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Former (32nd) American President |
| 1913 | Percy Thrower, Popular gardener and broadcaster |
| 1915 | John Profumo, Former Secretary of State for War |
| 1920 | Patrick Heron, Artist |
| 1931 | Gene Hackman, American stage and 'Oscar' winning screen actor |
| 1937 | Vanessa Redgrave, Stage and screen actress |
| 1937 | Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion |
Events |
| 1649 | King Charles I was executed, having been found guilty of treason |
| 1888 | The author and artist Edward Lear died in San Remo, Italy |
| 1933 | Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany |
| 1961 | The first contraceptive pills went on sale in Britain |
| 1965 | Sir Winston Churchill, former PM, was given a state funeral |
| 1972 | In Ireland, British paratroopers believing they were under attack killed 13 people. This became known as 'Bloody Sunday' |
| 1979 | Rhodesian whites voted to transfer to majority rule |
| 1988 | A microlight aircraft landed near Sydney, Australia, to create a record time of 55 days since leaving London |
