1979
Death of Sid Vicious, British punk rock star (Sex Pistols), drug overdose
Great Britain
1859
Birth of (Henry) Havelock Ellis, British essayist and physician who studied human sexual behaviour and challenged Victorian taboos
Great Britain
1709
Alexander Selkirk (Defoe's Robinson Crusoe) was rescued from Isla Más a Tierra, Juan Fernandez Islands, after being there for four years.
Great Britain
1208
Birth of James I of Aragon .
Spain