Birthdays |
| 1770 | George Canning, Former British Prime Minister |
| 1819 | Charles Halle, Pianist & conductor |
| 1908 | Dan Maskell, Tennis player/commentator/coach |
| 1933 | Joel Grey, American actor & singer |
| 1938 | Jill Gascoigne, British actress |
| 1966 | Lisa Stansfield, Singer |
Events |
| 1814 | Former French leader Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the island of Elba |
| 1855 | The first pillar boxes in London were erected, which were painted green |
| 1929 | The cartoon character 'Popeye' made his film debut |
| 1941 | Belgrade, in Yugoslavia, was occupied by German forces during World War 2 |
| 1945 | At the end of World War 2, the Red army entered the Austrian city of Vienna |
| 1951 | General MacArthur was relieved of command in the Far East, over Korea |
| 1970 | The American Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched to the Moon |
| 1983 | The British film 'Ghandi' won a total of eight Oscars |
| 1985 | A bomb exploded in Columbo, Sri Lanka, shorty before PM Margaret Thatcher arrived on a visit |
