Birthdays |
| 1685 | Giuseppe Scarlatti, Italian composer |
| 1879 | Leon Trotsky, Communist leader |
| 1906 | Primo Carnera, Italian heavyweight boxing champion |
| 1924 | Shaw Taylor, TV presenter; 'Police Five' |
| 1930 | John Arden, Playwright |
| 1936 | Gyorgy Pauk, Hungarian born violinist |
| 1942 | Bob Hoskins, British actor of stage and screen |
Events |
| 1863 | The English Football Association was formed |
| 1907 | The Territorial Army was formed by the Secretary of State for War, Richard Haldane |
| 1912 | The Woolwich tunnel, under the Thames, was opened |
| 1987 | In London's dockland, the City Airport was opened for short take off and landing aircraft |
| 1989 | Nigel Lawson resigned over differences with PM Margaret Thatchers economic adviser, Sir Alan Walters |
| 1989 | The re-built Globe Theatre in London reopened for the first time in 350 years |
