Birthdays |
| 1631 | John Dryden, English poet, dramatist and satire writer |
| 1646 | John Flamsteed, First Astronomer Royal |
| 1883 | Gabrielle Chanel, French courtier |
| 1902 | Ogden Nash, American humorist |
| 1940 | Jill St John, American actress |
| 1943 | Billy J. Kramer, Pop artist |
| 1945 | Bill Clinton, 45th US President |
Events |
| 1897 | Taxi cabs began operating in London |
| 1940 | The British withdrew from British Somaliland |
| 1942 | Allied forces mounted a raid on the French port of Dieppe |
| 1969 | The army took over the policing of Northern Ireland |
| 1973 | George Papadopoulos became the first president of Greece |
| 1977 | Groucho Marx, the American comedian of the 'Marx Brothers', died |
| 1979 | Two soviet cosmonauts completed a record 175 day space flight |
| 1986 | Nuclear reprocessing at Sellafield was halted because of sea discharge guidelines |
| 1991 | A coup attempted to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union |
