1999
Libya surrendered two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, to the UN for trial in the Netherlands
Libya
1998
Death of Cozy Powell, British rock drummer .
Great Britain
1998
Japan’s Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge – the largest suspension bridge in the world – opened to traffic.
Japan
1993
Britain’s Child Support Agency (CSA) began operating. Its main task was to collect maintenance payments from absent fathers.
Great Britain
1982
British fleet sails for Falkland Islands
Great Britain
1909
Birth of Albert R. Cubby Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond)
United States
1908
Birth of Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor .
Austria
1908
Birth of Jagjivan Ram, long-serving Indian politician .
India
1908
Birth of Bette Davis, American film actress .
United States
1907
Malcolm MacColl died 1907 (born 1831). Church of England clergyman who attacked the anti-ritualist Public Worship Act of 1874 with his book Lawlessness, Sacerdotalism, and Ritualism (1875).
Great Britain