Birthdays |
| 1515 | Ann of Cleves, 4th wife of Henry VIII |
| 1791 | Michael Faraday, English physicist |
| 1902 | John Houseman, US actor and producer |
| 1926 | William Franklin, Actor |
| 1931 | Fay Weldon, British author |
| 1961 | Catherine Oxenberg US television actress |
Events |
| 1792 | France declared itself a Republic, scrapping its monarchy |
| 1862 | Abrahan Lincoln, the US President, ordered American slaves to be freed |
| 1914 | German U-boats sank three British cruisers off the Dutch coast |
| 1921 | Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were admitted to the League of Nations |
| 1966 | The first ever 'Star Trek' episode was broadcast in the USA |
| 1972 | Ugandan leader Idi Amin expelled 8,000 Asians, giving them just 2 days to leave |
| 1980 | The war between Iran and Iraq began |
| 1989 | Irving Berlin, the famous American composer, died |
