Birthdays |
| 1815 | Richard Henry Dana, American novelist |
| 1921 | Jack Kramer, American tennis player |
| 1930 | Lionel Bart, Composer |
| 1933 | Dom Deluise, American film actor |
| 1936 | Yves Saint-Laurent, Designer |
| 1943 | Andy Roxburgh, Football coach |
Events |
| 1498 | Christopher Columbus reached the mainland of North America |
| 1774 | Joseph Priestley isolated the gas 'oxygen' for the first time |
| 1793 | The metric unit of mass, the kilogram, was introduced in France |
| 1798 | The English navy, under Nelson, defeated the French at the Battle of the Nile |
| 1834 | The British Empire abolished slavery |
| 1912 | An airmail service between London and Paris began |
| 1914 | Germany declared war on the Soviet Union; Italy declared itself neutral |
| 1965 | Cigarette advertising on British television was banned |
| 1975 | The Helsinki Agreement, on human rights, was signed by over 35 nations |
| 1976 | Trinidad and Tobago became an independent country from Britain |
