Birthdays |
| 1721 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer |
| 1918 | Viscount Whitelaw, Conservative politician |
| 1927 | Mel Brooks, American comedy director & actor |
| 1929 | Harold Evans, British newspaper editor |
| 1936 | John Inman, Comedy actor |
| 1936 | Sir Garfield Sobers, Cricketer |
| 1946 | Gilda Radner, American actress |
| 1982 | Jennifer Freeman, Programmer (me) |
Events |
| 1834 | Queen Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey |
| 1861 | Robert Burke, the Irish born explorer of Australia, died |
| 1930 | The jet engine was patented by Frank Whittle |
| 1935 | Rupert Bear appeared for the first time in the Daily Express |
| 1939 | PAN AM began a regular air service from the United States to Europe |
| 1950 | North Korean forces captured the city of Seoul |
| 1966 | The US broke its links with Argentina after a militray takeover in Argentina |
| 1984 | The government was defeated in the Lords over plans to scrap the GLC |
| 1990 | Romanian Ion Iliesco was sworn in as President |
