Birthdays |
| 1882 | Dame Sybil Thorndike, English actress |
| 1915 | Tito Gobbi, Renowned Italian baritone |
| 1923 | Sir Robin Day, Political interviewer and commentator |
| 1930 | The Big Bopper, American singer/songwriter who died in a plane crash |
| 1936 | Bill Wyman, Bassist member of the 'Rolling Stones' Pop group |
| 1940 | Barry Davies, BBC sports commentator |
| 1948 | Phil Bennett, Former Wales and British Lions rugby 'fly-half' |
| 1974 | The Earl of Ulster, Son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester |
Events |
| 1857 | The very first football club was formed in Sheffield, by a group of Cambridge University 'Old Boys' |
| 1922 | George Cadbury, the English chocolate manufacturer, died aged 83 |
| 1945 | The United Nations Organisation formally came into being |
| 1961 | Malta was granted independence from Britain |
| 1964 | Northern Rhodesia became the Republic of Zambia |
| 1976 | British racing driver James Hunt won the Japanese Grand Prix and secured the world championship |
| 1982 | Alberto Salazar won the New York marathon for the third consecutive year |
