Birthdays |
1861 | Nellie Melba, Australian born soptano singer |
1890 | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed |
1924 | Sandy Wilson, British playwright |
1925 | Malcolm X, US Black rights campaigner who was assassignated |
1926 | David Jacobs, Radio & television broadcaster |
1939 | James Fox, Film and television actor |
1952 | Grace Jones, Film actress |
1953 | Victoria Wood, Comedienne |
Events |
1649 | England was declared a Commonwealth |
1906 | The last British soldiers left Canada |
1906 | The Simplon rail tunnel between Switzerland and Italy was officially opened |
1929 | The World's Fair opened in Barcelona, Spain |
1935 | T.E Lawrence, British soldier & author, died |
1964 | The USA made an official complaint to the USSR when 'bugs' were found in its Moscow embassy |
1984 | John Betjeman, the English poet, died |