Birthdays |
| 1843 | Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer of 'Peer Gynt' |
| 1884 | Harry Langdon, American silent film star |
| 1925 | Richard Baker, Former newsreader & broadcaster |
| 1937 | Waylon Jennings, American singer |
| 1945 | Nicola Pagett, Actress |
| 1949 | Simon Callow, Actor |
Events |
| 1844 | Vulcanised rubber was patented by Charles Goodyear |
| 1942 | The tank war between Britain & Germany reached its peak in North Africa |
| 1945 | Family Allowance payments in Britain began |
| 1958 | Greece broke its military links with Turkey over the island of Cyprus |
| 1962 | The Conservatives just won the general election |
| 1966 | Youth riots in Amsterdam, which had lasted three days, ended |
| 1972 | 75,000 attended a gathering of religious leader Billy Graham, in Texas |
| 1977 | General elections were held in Spain; the first since 1936 |
| 1991 | Nagano, Japan, was selected as the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics |
