Birthdays |
| 1707 | Henry Fielding, Novelist |
| 1904 | Robert Oppenheimer, Inventor of atomic bomb |
| 1916 | Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist |
| 1925 | George Cole, Film & TV actor; 'Arthur' in TV's 'Minder' |
| 1937 | Jack Nicholson, American film actor; 'The Shining' & 'Batman' |
| 1948 | Carol Drinkwater, Television actress |
| 1950 | Peter Frampton, Rock singer |
| 1960 | Lloyd Honeyghan, Boxer |
Events |
| 1500 | The area that became Brazil was discovered by Portuguese explorers |
| 1662 | The Royal Society of London was granted its royal charter |
| 1778 | James Hargreaves, the inventor of the 'spinning jenny', died |
| 1884 | Colchester and parts of East Anglia were hit by an earthquake, killing four people |
| 1943 | The Bank Of England ceased printing £1,000 notes |
| 1969 | Single-handed round the world sailor Robin Knox Johnston returned to Falmouth |
| 1984 | Britain broke off diplomatic relations with Libya |
| 1987 | James Callaghan, former Labour PM, was made a member of the Order Of The Garter |
