Birthdays |
| 1689 | Lady Mary Wortley Montague, English author |
| 1859 | A.E Houseman, English poet |
| 1886 | Al Jolson, American singer |
| 1907 | John Wayne, American actor who made many westerns |
| 1913 | Peter Cushing, British born film actor |
| 1920 | Peggy Lee, Singer |
| 1923 | James Arness, American television & film actor |
| 1925 | Roy Dotrice, Actor |
Events |
| 1798 | Income Tax was first introduced in Britain, on incomes over 200 pounds |
| 1805 | Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned King of Italy |
| 1846 | The British 'Corn Laws' were repealed by Robert Peel |
| 1865 | The American Civil War effectively ended with surrender of the last Confederate force |
| 1924 | The United States started limiting immigration, banning all Japanese |
| 1950 | Petrol rationing in Britain ended |
| 1955 | The Conservative Party won the General Election |
| 1991 | The first Presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, were held in Georgia |
| 1992 | With the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia & the Ukraine decided to split the Black Sea fleet |
