Birthdays |
1728 | Robert Adam, Scottish architect |
1883 | Franz Kafka, Czech author |
1927 | Ken Russell, British film director |
1937 | Tom Stoppard, British writer/playwirght |
1951 | Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer |
1962 | Tom Cruise, American film actor |
Events |
1608 | The Candian city of Quebec was founded by Samuel Champlain |
1863 | The battle of Gettysberg, during the American Civil War, ended |
1928 | The first colour TV transmission was made by John Logie Baird |
1944 | The Russian city of Minsk was recaptured from the Germans |
1954 | Food rationing in Britain officially ended |
1981 | There were riots in Southall during a punk concert |
1986 | The government abandoned its water privatisation plans |
1988 | A US warship in the Gulf accidently shot down an Iranian airliner |