Birthdays |
| 1803 | Hector Berlioz, French composer |
| 1913 | Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer, married to Sophia Loren |
| 1919 | Cliff Michelmore, TV and radio broadcaster |
| 1930 | David Plowright, Former chairman of Granada TV, & brother of Joan Plowright |
| 1931 | Rita Moreno, 'Oscar' winning actress and dancer |
| 1944 | Brenda Lee, American singer popular in the 60's |
| 1954 | Jermaine Jackson, Singer and member of 'The Jackson Five' |
Events |
| 1894 | The first Motor Show opened in the Champs-Elysees, Paris, with a total of nine exhibitors |
| 1914 | The Royal Flying Corps (later became the RAF) adopted the roundel in red, white & blue as its identification mark |
| 1936 | The Duke of York became King George VI, after his brother Edward VIII abdicated to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson |
| 1967 | The Concorde airliner was rolled out of its hangar for public viewing for the first time |
| 1984 | In thick fog, twenty two vehicles collided on the M25, near Limpsfield on the Surrey & Kent border |
| 1991 | Spanish golfer Seve Ballsteros was awarded the Ritz Club, European Golfer of the Year Award |
