Birthdays |
| 1859 | Georges Seurat, French painter |
| 1885 | Dr George R Minot, American discoverer of a treatment for anaemia |
| 1889 | Sir John Barbirolli, English conductor with the 'Halle Orchestra' |
| 1906 | Peter Carl Goldmark, American inventor of the long playing record |
| 1956 | Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Heir to the Duke of Norfolk |
| 1959 | Gwyneth Strong, Actress; appeared in 'Only Fools And Horses' |
| 1960 | Sydney Youngblood, Pop singer |
| 1960 | Rick Savage, Guitarist & founder member of the group 'Def Leppard' |
Events |
| 1697 | The newly re-built St Pauls Cathedral was opened |
| 1804 | In Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of France |
| 1805 | Lord Nelson was killed during the Battle of Trafalgar |
| 1942 | The first successfull nuclear chain reaction was created by physicists, Enrico Fermi & Arthur Crompton |
| 1982 | The British actor and comedian Marty Feldman died in Mexico City, aged 49 |
| 1982 | A 61 year old American dentist, Dr Barney Clark, was the first human to receive the worlds first artificial heart |
| 1982 | The film 'Gandhi' received it's premiere in London attended by the Princess of Wales |
