Birthdays |
| 1628 | John Bunyan, Author of 'The Pilgrims Progress' |
| 1757 | William Blake, Mystical English poet |
| 1904 | Nancy Mitford, English novelist |
| 1919 | Keith Miller, Australian cricketer |
| 1932 | Terence Frisby, Playwright & actor; 'There's A Girl In My Soup' |
| 1940 | Clem Curtis, Of the group 'The Foundations' |
| 1943 | Randy Newman, Songwriter and pianist |
| 1944 | R.B Greaves, 'Soul' singer |
Events |
| 1859 | Washington Irving, the American author of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' & 'Rip Van Winkle', died |
| 1905 | In Dublin, the Irish political party Sinn Fein was founded by Arthur Griffith |
| 1919 | Nancy Astor became Britain's first woman MP when she was elected at Plymouth |
| 1962 | Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands died |
| 1965 | 'The Seekers', had a number one hit with 'The Carnival Is Over' |
| 1968 | Enid Blyton, the childrens writer and creator of 'Noddy', died |
| 1990 | Margaret Thatcher made her last speech outside 10 Downing St. |
