Birthdays |
| 1880 | Douglas MacArthur, American wartime general |
| 1905 | Baroness Maria Von Trapp, On who the Sound Of Music was based |
| 1908 | Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist |
| 1922 | Michael Bentine, British comedian & writer |
| 1925 | Paul Newman, American Actor & Oscar winner |
| 1928 | Eartha Kitt, American singer/actress |
| 1945 | Marti Caine, English comic |
| 1957 | Eddie Van Halen, Rock guitarist |
| 1958 | Norman Hassan, Of the group 'UB40' |
Events |
| 1788 | The first English convicts arrived in Australia |
| 1823 | Edward Jenner, the pioneer of vaccination, died |
| 1841 | Hong Kong became a British soverign territory |
| 1871 | The English Rugby Union was formed in London |
| 1905 | The world's largest diamond was found near Pretoria, South Africa |
| 1950 | India became a democratic republic within the Commonwealth |
| 1956 | Heroin imports and exports were banned in the United Kingdom |
| 1972 | The first London performance of 'Godspel' took place |
| 1986 | The Sunday Times & News of the World were printed at Wapping for the first time |
| 1990 | Hurricane force winds caused much damage in southern Britain |
| 1994 | A protester fired blanks at Prince Charles on his tour in Sydney |
