Birthdays |
| 1133 | King Henry II of England |
| 1908 | Rex Harrison, English born film actor; 'My Fair Lady' |
| 1935 | Judd Hirsch, American television actor; TV's 'Taxi' |
| 1939 | Samantha Eggar, American film actress |
| 1952 | Elaine Page, English singer/actress |
| 1958 | Andy Gibb, Singer with 'Bee Gees' |
Events |
| 1790 | Flora Macdonald, the Scottish heroine, died |
| 1850 | The Menai railway bridge, linking Anglesey with the rest of Wales, was opened |
| 1918 | Moscow became the new capital city of Russia |
| 1936 | The British Spitfire fighter plane made its first test flight |
| 1946 | Winston Churchill first used the term 'Iron Curtain' in a speech |
| 1953 | Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, died |
| 1956 | Telephone weather forecasts began in Britain for the first time |
| 1963 | Britain had its first frost free night since December 22 of previous year |
| 1969 | The Kray twins were found guilty of murder and given life sentences |
| 1976 | The Ulster Convention was dissolved & direct rule from Westminster continued |
