Birthdays |
| 1839 | George Cadbury, English founder of 'Cadburys' chocolates |
| 1911 | William Golding, English novelist |
| 1932 | Derek Nimmo, Actor |
| 1946 | Michael Elphick, Actor |
| 1948 | Jeremy Irons, English born film actor |
| 1948 | Rosemary Casals, American tenns player |
| 1949 | Twiggy, English model and actress |
Events |
| 1876 | The first ever patent for a carpet sweeper was given |
| 1928 | Walt Disney's 'Steamboat Willie', with Mickey Mouse, was shown for the first time |
| 1929 | The 'rocket plane' made its first successful test flight |
| 1945 | William Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw, was sentenced to hang at the Old Bailey |
| 1960 | A new dance craze, the twist, began in the USA |
| 1960 | The first Traffic Wardens apperaed on British streets |
| 1968 | Chester Carlson, American inventor of the photocopier, died |
| 1989 | Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia |
| 1991 | The UN allowed Iraq to begin selling oil again, after the Gulf War ban |
