Birthdays |
| 1898 | Walter Pidgeon, American film actor |
| 1920 | Mickey Rooney, American film actor |
| 1930 | Ray Charles, American singer |
| 1943 | Julio Iglesias, Spanish born singer |
| 1949 | Bruce Springsteen, American rock singer |
| 1951 | Jeff Squire, Rugby footballer |
Events |
| 1846 | The planet Neptune was discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle |
| 1848 | Chewing gum went on sale for the first time in the United States |
| 1912 | The first ever silent 'Keystone Cops' film was released |
| 1940 | Japanese troops entered Indo China |
| 1957 | An Asian flu epidemic swept across Britain |
| 1974 | The BBC began broadcasting its Ceefax teletext service |
| 1987 | Britain ended arms sales to Iran |
| 1993 | A South African Bill granted blacks a legal say in affairs of state for the first time |
