Birthdays |
| 1803 | Thomas Beddoes, English poet |
| 1908 | James Stewart, American film actor |
| 1915 | Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader |
| 1924 | Peter Shore, Labour MP |
| 1942 | Lynn Davis, Olympic gold medalist |
| 1944 | Keith Fletcher, Cricketer/coach |
| 1946 | Cher, American singer and actress |
Events |
| 1927 | Britain recognised the independence of Saudi Arabia |
| 1941 | German air-borne forces invaded the island of Crete |
| 1944 | An assassination attempt was made on Hitler by his own officers |
| 1946 | The bill, nationalising british coal mines, passed its Commons stage |
| 1956 | The first hydrogen bomb was tested on Bikini Atoll, in the Pacific |
| 1978 | The US launched Pioneer Venus 1, which produced radar maps of Venus |
| 1985 | The House of Commons agreed to consider Sunday Trading proposals |
| 1986 | British Rail announced major staff cutbacks in its engineering works |
| 1990 | An estimated 2 million people across China protested against Martial Law |
| 1991 | The Soviet government began allowing citizens to leave the country if they wished |
