Birthdays |
| 1736 | James Watt, Scottish 'steam' inventor |
| 1747 | Johann Bode, German astronomer; formulated 'Bodes Law' |
| 1807 | Robert E. Lee, American Civil War general |
| 1809 | Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet |
| 1943 | Janis Joplin, American rock singer |
| 1946 | Dolly Parton, US country singer & film actress |
| 1966 | Stefan Edberg, Swedish born tennis player |
Events |
| 1793 | King Louis XVI was sentenced to death by the French Convention |
| 1915 | German zeppelins bombed London for the first time in World War I |
| 1942 | Japanese forces invaded Burma during World War 2 |
| 1962 | A Czech student set himself on fire in protest against the USSR |
| 1991 | The Presidential Palace in Iraq was attacked as the Gulf War began |
| 1992 | A new Bulgarian President was elected in the countries first free elections |
