Birthdays |
| 1840 | Thomas Hardy, English novelist & poet |
| 1857 | Sir Edward Elgar, English composer of 'Enigma Variations' |
| 1903 | Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer & 'Tarzan' |
| 1941 | Stacey Keach, American Actor |
| 1942 | Barry Levinson, American film director |
| 1944 | Marvin Hamlisch |
Events |
| 1941 | Because of Word War 2, clothes rationing in the UK began |
| 1953 | The summit of worlds tallest mountain, Everest, was reached for first time |
| 1953 | The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place |
| 1966 | The American spacecraft Surveyor 1 made the first US lunar soft landing |
| 1979 | Pope John Paul II returned to Poland, his homeland |
| 1983 | The first balck person was elected to French Academy |
| 1987 | Soviet & Canadian skiers became first to cross from one country to another via Pole |
