Birthdays |
| 1762 | King George IV |
| 1881 | Cecil B. De Mille, Hollywood producer/director |
| 1939 | George Hamilton, American film actor |
| 1949 | Mark Knopfler, Rock guitarist |
| 1954 | Pat Metheny, Jazz guitarist |
| 1997 | Erwin Schrodinger, Physicist |
Events |
| 1883 | The last ever quagga died in Amsterdam zoo |
| 1887 | Inventor Thomas Edison made the first sound recording |
| 1944 | A pipeline under the Channel beagan supplying fuel to allied forces in Europe |
| 1955 | Ian Flemming, the English novelist of the James Bond books, died |
| 1965 | In Britain, the first ever female high court judge was appointed |
| 1969 | Echo, the worlds first communications satellite, was launched by the US |
| 1969 | A three day street battle started in Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| 1982 | A ceasefire was announced in Lebanon, partly due to the actions of president Regan |
| 1985 | A Japanese jumbo jet crashed near Tokyo, killing almost everyone onboard |
