Birthdays |
| 1861 | Nellie Melba, Australian born soptano singer |
| 1890 | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed |
| 1924 | Sandy Wilson, British playwright |
| 1925 | Malcolm X, US Black rights campaigner who was assassignated |
| 1926 | David Jacobs, Radio & television broadcaster |
| 1939 | James Fox, Film and television actor |
| 1952 | Grace Jones, Film actress |
| 1953 | Victoria Wood, Comedienne |
Events |
| 1649 | England was declared a Commonwealth |
| 1906 | The last British soldiers left Canada |
| 1906 | The Simplon rail tunnel between Switzerland and Italy was officially opened |
| 1929 | The World's Fair opened in Barcelona, Spain |
| 1935 | T.E Lawrence, British soldier & author, died |
| 1964 | The USA made an official complaint to the USSR when 'bugs' were found in its Moscow embassy |
| 1984 | John Betjeman, the English poet, died |
