Birthdays |
| 1876 | Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer & spy |
| 1903 | Louis Leakey, British archaeologist |
| 1924 | Kenneth Kendall, Former newsreader |
| 1947 | Nick Ross, Broadcaster |
| 1948 | Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer |
| 1952 | Alexei Sayle, British comedian |
Events |
| 1711 | The first ever race meeting was held at Ascot |
| 1840 | Parliament banned the employmemt of climbing boys as chimney sweeps |
| 1858 | Ottawa was chosen as the capital of Canada by Queen Victoria |
| 1926 | Britain held its first ever motor racing grand prix at Brooklands |
| 1942 | American marines began their assault on Guadalcanal |
| 1957 | Oliver Hardy, the American film comedian, died |
| 1959 | The US launched Explorer 6 to take the first satellite photo of the Earth |
| 1960 | The Ivory Coast became independent from France |
| 1961 | Cosmonaut Titov circled the Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 |
| 1963 | The UN Security Council banned the sale of arms to South Africa |
