Birthdays |
| 1811 | Franz Liszt, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer |
| 1844 | Sarah Bernhardt, French actress |
| 1917 | Joan Fontaine, American Oscar winning actress |
| 1919 | Doris Lessing, Author noted for African and interests |
| 1934 | Donald Mcintyre, New Zealand born operatic singer |
| 1938 | Sir Derek Jacobi, Stage and screen actor |
| 1943 | Catherine Deneuve, French film actress |
Events |
| 1878 | Floodlit Rugby took place for the first time |
| 1883 | In New York the Metropolitan Opera House was opened |
| 1906 | Cezanne, the renowned French painter, died |
| 1910 | At the Old Bailey in London, Dr Crippen was found guilty of the murder of his wife and sentenced to hang |
| 1960 | In Louisville Kentucky, Cassius Clay fought his first profesional bout |
| 1962 | Nelson Mandella went on trial for treason in South Africa |
| 1966 | George Blake, the Russian spy, escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison |
| 1986 | Kingsley Amis won the 'Booker' prize for his novel 'The Old Devils' |
