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 |
