Birthdays |
| 1769 | Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor |
| 1771 | Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist |
| 1888 | T.E Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier & author |
| 1924 | Robert Bolt, British dramatist |
| 1935 | Jim Dale, Actor |
| 1947 | Jenny Hanley, Actress |
| 1950 | Princess Anne, The Queens daughter |
Events |
| 1543 | The Jesuit order was founded in Paris |
| 1901 | The Cadillac motor company was founded in Detroit, USA |
| 1908 | Prussian women were given the right to attend university |
| 1944 | Allied forces landed in the south of France; Marseilles was captured |
| 1947 | India gained its independence from Britain |
| 1948 | Korea proclaimed itself a republic |
| 1965 | The US National Guard was called out to deal with race riots in Los Angeles |
| 1969 | The Woodstock music festival, in New York state, took place |
| 1975 | Mujibur Rahman, the leader of Bangladesh, was assassinated |
| 1987 | The use of the cane in British state schools was banned |
