Birthdays |
| 1599 | Oliver Cromwell, English civil war leader & Lord Protector |
| 1840 | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer |
| 1874 | Guglielmo Marconi, Inventor of radio |
| 1918 | Ella Fitzgerald, US jazz singer |
| 1939 | Earl of Lichfield, Photographer |
| 1940 | Al Pacino, American film actor; 'Scent of a Woman' |
| 1946 | Talia Shire, American actress; 'Rocky' films |
| 1947 | Johann Cruyff, Dutch footballer |
Events |
| 1744 | Andre Celcius, inventor of the centigrade thermometer, died |
| 1792 | The guillotine was used for the first time in France on a highwayman |
| 1859 | Work began on the Suez Canal, Egypt |
| 1915 | Australian & New Zealand forces landed at Gallipoli |
| 1959 | The St. Lawrence Seaway, Canada, was officially opened by the Queen |
| 1964 | The head of the 'Little Mermaid' statue in Copenhagen harbour was stolen |
| 1969 | After 21 years 'Mrs Dales Diary' radio programme ended |
| 1981 | Britain was hit by the worst blizzards this century |
| 1986 | In the UK, Libyan trainee pilots & aircraft engineers were banned from finishing their courses |
