Birthdays |
| 1901 | Barbra Cartland, English novelist |
| 1916 | Sir Edward Heath, Former Conervative Prime Minister |
| 1935 | Michael Williams, British actor |
| 1936 | Richard Wilson, Television actor |
| 1937 | David Hockney, English painter |
| 1942 | Richard Roundtree, US television & film actor; TV's 'Shaft' |
| 1947 | O.J Simpson, American football & film actor |
| 1956 | Tom Hanks, American Oscar winning actor |
| 1957 | Kelly McGillis, American film actress |
Events |
| 1816 | Argentina, in South America, declared its independence from Spain |
| 1877 | The first Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship was held |
| 1938 | Gas masks were issued to Britain's population in preparation for war |
| 1972 | The Northern Ireland ceasfire ended, with several people being shot |
| 1978 | The fomer Prime Minister of Iraq was shot in London |
| 1979 | The American spacecraft Voyager 2 flew past the planet Jupiter |
| 1982 | An intruder managed to get into the Queens bedroom at Buckingham Palace |
| 1984 | The roof of York Minster was destroyed by fire |
| 1986 | Nigeria and Ghana decided to boycott the Commenwealth Games |
