Birthdays |
| 1759 | Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet |
| 1882 | Virginia Woolf, English novelist |
| 1922 | Raymond Baxter, Broadcaster; presenter of 'Tomorrows World' |
| 1939 | Angela Thorne, Actress |
| 1944 | Leigh Taylor-Young, Hollywood actress |
| 1956 | Andy Cox, Of the Beat/Fine Young Cannibals |
| 1962 | Emma Freud, Television presenter |
Events |
| 1917 | The United States bought the Virgin islands for 25 million dollars |
| 1924 | The first ever Winter Olympic games were held, in French alps |
| 1972 | The Worlds first kidney & pancreatic tissue transplant was carried out in London |
| 1974 | Dr Christian Barnard performed a heart transplant, leaving the original heart in place |
| 1981 | The Social Democrats party was formed in UK |
| 1984 | The government announced a ban on union membership at GCHQ |
| 1985 | The first ever international hockey match was held |
| 1990 | The American film actress, Ava Gardener, died in London |
| 1992 | A selection of America's popular films began showing on Soviet television |
| 1995 | The maxium speed limit for cocahes in Britain was reduced to 65 mph |
