Birthdays |
| 1754 | Thomas William Coke, Earl of Leicester |
| 1856 | Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist |
| 1856 | Robert Peary, American Artic explorer |
| 1895 | Rudolph Valentino, Silent film star |
| 1915 | Orson Wells, American Actor |
| 1953 | Tony Blair, Labour Party leader |
| 1962 | Neil Foster, Cricketer |
Events |
| 1840 | The first ever Penny Black postage stamp was issued |
| 1910 | George V became the King of England |
| 1930 | An earthquake struck Burma, killing thousands |
| 1937 | The Hindenberg airship caught fire and was destroyed while in the USA |
| 1954 | Roger Bannister ran the first sub four minute mile |
| 1960 | Princess Margaret married Mr Armstrong-Jones |
| 1983 | The German government announced that the 'Hitler Diaries' were fakes |
| 1987 | Black South African workers went on strike over whites only election |
| 1990 | Telephone numbers in London were changed to 071/081 |
