Birthdays |
| 1888 | Will Hay, Music hall comedian and actor |
| 1892 | Sir Osbert Sitwell, Celebrated writer, brother of Dame Edith |
| 1896 | Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George |
| 1942 | Len Barry, Pop star of the 60's |
| 1943 | Mike Smith, Of the Pop group 'The Dave Clark Five' |
| 1944 | Jonathon King, 60's Pop singer and TV presenter |
| 1961 | Eugene Wild, 'Soul' star |
Events |
| 1492 | Christopher Columbus discovered Hispaniola, later changed to Haiti |
| 1774 | Austria became the first nation to introduce state education |
| 1877 | Thomas Edison demonstrated the first gramophone, with a recording of himself reciting 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' |
| 1882 | The English novelist, Anthony Trollope, died in London |
| 1921 | As a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the 'Irish Free State' was formally created |
| 1926 | Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, introduced a tax on bachelors |
| 1973 | In America, Gerald Ford was sworn in as Vice President |
| 1983 | Lars Ljunberg from Sweden became the first person to receive a heart and lung transplant in Britain |
