Birthdays |
| 1906 | Catherine Cookson, English novelist |
| 1909 | Errol Flynn, Australian born Hollywood film actor |
| 1916 | Johnny Morris, Television presenter of 'Animal Magic' |
| 1941 | Stephen Frears, English born film director |
| 1950 | Lionel Richie, American singer |
| 1953 | Cyndi Lauper, American singer |
Events |
| 1895 | The 'Doctor of Science' award was given to a woman for the first time |
| 1914 | The German warship Bismark was launched |
| 1958 | The London bus strike ended after seven weeks |
| 1960 | A woman read the BBC national news for the first time |
| 1984 | A new exam, called GCSE, replaced the existing O levels |
| 1986 | The movement of sheep was banned after they ate grass contaminated by fallout from Chernobyl |
| 1990 | A new currency unit, the Ecu, was proposed by Chancellor John Major |
| 1992 | Czechoslovakia was split into two separate states |
