Birthdays |
| 1756 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| 1832 | Lewis Carrol, Author of 'Alice In Wonderland' |
| 1885 | Jerome Kern, Songwriter |
| 1928 | Michael Craig, Actor & stage star |
| 1945 | Nick Mason, Of 'Pink Floyd' |
| 1961 | Martin Degville, Of 'Sigue Sigue Sputnik' |
| 1973 | Mark Owen, Of 'Take That' |
Events |
| 1778 | The valve flush toilet was patented by Joseph Bramh |
| 1926 | John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television |
| 1943 | The United States Air Force made its first bombing raid on Germany |
| 1967 | Three American astronauts were killed in an Apollo spacecraft ground test |
| 1969 | Protestant leader Ian Paisley was jailed for three months |
| 1989 | In Brazil, three men were charged with stealing and melting down the World Cup |
