Birthdays |
| 1509 | John Calvin, French religious reformer |
| 1871 | Marcel Proust, French psychological novelist |
| 1895 | Carl Orff, German composer |
| 1943 | Arthur Ashe, American tennis player |
| 1945 | Virginia Wade, Tennis player |
| 1945 | John Motson, Television sport commentator |
| 1947 | Arlo Guthrie, American singer |
Events |
| 1900 | The Paris underground railway, the Metro, was opened |
| 1958 | Britain's first parking meters were installed in London |
| 1962 | Telstar, the first private communications satellite, was launched |
| 1971 | The United States lifted a 21 year trade ban with China |
| 1976 | An explosion at a plant in Seveso, near Milan, released poisonous fumes |
| 1981 | There were riots in several British cities |
| 1985 | Explosions sunk the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour |
| 1986 | Israeli helicopters bombed Palestinian camps |
