Birthdays |
| 1833 | General Gordon, British army commander, killed in the Sudan |
| 1841 | Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone |
| 1921 | Alfred Marks, English comedian |
| 1929 | Acker Bilk, Jazz musician/clarinet player |
| 1936 | Alan Alda, American actor & television star of M*A*S*H |
| 1944 | Bobby Ball, British stage comedian of 'Cannon & Ball' fame |
| 1948 | Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer |
| 1959 | Dave Sharp, Of the group 'The Alarm' |
Events |
| 1547 | King Henry VIII of England died |
| 1896 | The first ever speeding fine in Britain was given |
| 1932 | Japanese forces occupied Shanghai, and then went on to invade the rest of China |
| 1935 | Iceland became the first country to legalise abortion |
| 1953 | Derek Bentley was hanged after being convicted for murdering a policeman |
| 1957 | Prince Charles spent his first day at school |
| 1984 | Snooker player Kirk Stevens scored a maximum 147 break |
| 1986 | The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take off, killing all onboard |
