1988
During the Iran-Iraq conflict the USS Vincennes, on patrol in the Gulf, mistook an Iranian civil airliner for a bomber and shot it down, killing all.

1971
Death of Jim Morrison, singer with The Doors

1969
Death of Brian Jones, guitarist with the Rolling Stones

1969
Death of Brian Jones, British rock guitarist (Rolling Stones), found dead in his swimming pool in London

1938
The speed record for a steam railway locomotive was broken by the ’Mallard’ in England, with a speed of 126 mph (203 km/h).

1933
Death of Hipólito Yrigoyen (also spelt Irigoyen), President of Argentina .

1928
John Logie Baird gave the first demonstration of a colour television broadcast, London.

1909
Birth of Stavros Spyros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate and art collector who built the first supertankers for transporting oil

1908
Birth of M.F.K. (Mary Frances Kennedy) Fisher, American food writer .

1908
Death of Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (‘Uncle Remus’) .

1884
American journalist Charles Dow published the first Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock market performance index

1883
Birth of Franz Kafka, Czech-born German writer .

1728
Birth of Robert Adam, architect
