Birthdays |
| 1867 | Arnold Bennett, English novelist |
| 1897 | John Cockcroft, English nuclear physicist |
| 1911 | Vincent Price, American film actor |
| 1922 | Christopher Lee, British born film actor |
| 1923 | Henry Kissinger, American politician |
| 1936 | Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor |
| 1943 | Cilla Black, Singer/entertainer |
| 1965 | Pat Cash, Tennis player |
| 1967 | Paul Gascoigne, Footballer |
Events |
| 1930 | There was widespread unrest in India as Gandhi was arrested |
| 1936 | The liner 'Queen Mary' left on her maiden voyage to New York |
| 1937 | The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA, was opened |
| 1940 | The evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began |
| 1941 | The German battleship 'Bismark' was sunk off the coast of France |
| 1952 | The European Defence Community Treaty was signed |
| 1988 | Syrian troops took up positions in South Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1990 | Poland held its first free elections in over fifty years |
| 1992 | The European Community began a trade ban on Serbia for its actions in Bosnia |
