Birthdays |
| 1790 | John Tyler, Former American President |
| 1902 | Sir William Walton, English composer |
| 1931 | Lord (Norman) Tebbit, Tory politician and TV presenter |
| 1943 | Julie Goodyear, Cornation Streets 'Bet Lynch' |
| 1943 | John Major, Conservative Prime Minister |
| 1944 | Vangelis, Greek musician |
| 1944 | John Suchet, Television journalist |
| 1949 | Michael Brecker, Of the group 'The Brecker Brothers' |
Events |
| 1871 | Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall in London |
| 1940 | Bank of England Pound notes were issued containing metal strips as an anti forgery device |
| 1974 | The American spacecraft Mariner 10 took close-up photographs of Mercury |
| 1981 | The first ever London marathon was held; won by an American, Dick Beardsley |
| 1982 | The film 'Chariots of Fire' won an 'Oscar' for best film |
| 1988 | Plans were announced, for the construction of Europe's tallest 'skyscraper', on Canary Wharf, London |
| 1992 | Earl Spencer, the father of the Princess of Wales, died |
