Birthdays |
| 1865 | Edith Cavell, English nurse who was executed by the Germans |
| 1875 | Edgar Wallace, Prolific English 'Thriller' writer |
| 1892 | General Franco, Spanish military dictator |
| 1930 | Ronnie Corbett, Comedian and partner of Ronnie Barker |
| 1932 | Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano |
| 1942 | Chris Hillman, Member of the Pop group 'The Byrds' |
| 1949 | Jeff Bridges, Screen star; son of Lloyd Bridges and brother of Beau |
| 1950 | Pamela Stephenson, Australian born comedy actress |
Events |
| 1154 | Nicolas Breakspear became the first, and only, British Pope |
| 1732 | The poet and playwright, John Gay, died in London |
| 1791 | The first issue of 'The Observer', the UK's oldest Sunday newspaper, was published |
| 1937 | 'Desperate Dan', the strip cartoon character, appeared in the first ever issue, of the 'Dandy' comic |
| 1959 | A monkey returned to earth safely, after being launched into orbit 55 miles high by the US |
| 1961 | The birth control pill was made available on the British NHS |
| 1988 | South West England was swept by 70mph gale force winds, causing much damage |
