Birthdays |
| 1475 | Michelangelo, Italian artist & sculptor |
| 1619 | Cyrano de Bergerac, French novelist |
| 1806 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet |
| 1922 | Frankie Howerd, English comedian |
| 1936 | John Noakes, Former 'Blue Peter' presenter |
| 1937 | Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet astronaut |
| 1944 | David Glimour, Of the group 'Pink Floyd' |
| 1944 | Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano |
| 1945 | Rob Reiner, American film director |
Events |
| 1836 | The seige at the Alamo, Texas, ended after 12 days with only a handul of survivors |
| 1899 | The drug 'aspirin' was patented by Felix Hoffman |
| 1930 | The first ever frozen foods went on sale in the United States |
| 1957 | Israel completed its withdrawl from Sinai, Middle East |
| 1961 | George Formby, the English entertainer, died |
| 1984 | The National Coal Board announced a plan of massive job cuts & pit closures |
| 1987 | The ferry 'Herald of Free Enterprise' capsized outside Zeebrugge harbour |
