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 |
