Birthdays |
| 1367 | King Henry IV, Became King of England in 1399 |
| 1893 | Leslie Howard, Stage and screen actor |
| 1924 | Doris Day, Star of stage, screen and television |
| 1924 | Marlon Brando, Oscar winning actor |
| 1925 | Tony Benn, Labour politician |
| 1938 | Jeff Barry, Producer and songwriter |
| 1944 | Tony Orlando, American singer |
| 1946 | John Virgo, Snooker player |
Events |
| 1721 | Robert Walpole was elected as Britains first Prime Minister |
| 1860 | In the United States, the Pony Express mail delivery system began |
| 1882 | Jesse James, the American outlaw, was shot in the back by a former friend, Robert Ford |
| 1933 | The first ever flight over Mount Everest was completed by four Britons |
| 1947 | 'BUPA', the private health care service, began in the UK |
| 1966 | Luna 10 became the first spacecraft to achieve orbit around the Moon |
| 1974 | Glenda Jackson won an Oscar for her role in the film 'A Touch of Class' |
| 1984 | A new world record distance for flying a microlight aircraft was set at 340 miles |
