Birthdays |
1732 | George Washington, First President of United States |
1857 | Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement |
1908 | John Mills, English film and television actor |
1926 | Kenneth Williams, English comedy actor & star of many 'Carry On' films |
1928 | Bruce Forsyth, Comdedian & game show host |
1950 | Julie Walters, Comedienne and actress |
1953 | Nigel Planer, Comedy actor and writer |
Events |
1879 | Frank Woolworth opened his first 'Woolworths' store in Utica, New York state |
1886 | The Times newspaper became the first to publish a classified personal column |
1980 | Martial Law was declared in Kabul by Soviet occupation forces |
1982 | Britain and US sent ships to Persian Gulf following Iranian offensive |
1987 | Further Syrian troops were deployed in West Beirut to keep the peace |
1991 | Iraq began setting fire to Kuwait's oil installations |
1994 | Iraq began flooding its southern marshes to destroy the Shia Muslims living there |