Birthdays |
1867 | Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor |
1908 | David Lean, British film director |
1920 | Patrick Throughton, Film and TV actor; the second 'Dr Who' |
1932 | Peter Walker, Conservative politician |
1944 | Paul Michael Glaser, American actor; 'Starsky & Hutch' |
1947 | Elton John, Pop singer/writer |
1951 | Maisie Williams, Of the Pop group 'Boney M' |
1952 | Robert Fox, Stage, screen and television actor |
1960 | Steve Norman, of 'Spandau Ballet' |
Events |
1306 | Robert the Bruce was crowned King of the Scots |
1807 | The slave trade in England was abolished by the British Parliament |
1843 | The Thames Tunnel for pedestrians was opened, linking Wapping and Rotherhithe |
1879 | Leicestershire County Cricket Club was founded |
1925 | Greece became a republic when King George was deposed |
1949 | 'Hamlet' became the first British film to win an Oscar (actually won five in total) |
1957 | The treaty of Rome was signed by six nations, to establish the European Economic Community |
1980 | Robert Runcie became the 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury |