1989
Iran-Contra Affair: US Army Colonel and White House aide Oliver North was fined $150,000 and given a suspended sentence (see also 4th May 1989)

1989
The first episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld was broadcast

1983
Death of Harry James, American musician and bandleader .

1969
Death of Walter Gropius, German architect, founder and director of the Bauhaus school of design, architecture, and applied arts

1952
Last tram runs in London (Woolwich to New Cross)

1948
National Health Service established

1908
Death of Jonas Lie, Norwegian writer .

1865
William Booth (1829-1912) founds Salvation Army, in London

1833
Fourth Battle of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. British Admiral Charles Napier’s naval squadron defeated the navy of Portuguese usurper Dom.

1807
Birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi, military leader in wars leading to Italian unification.

1687
Newton published his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica – written in Latin

1450
Battle of Southwark

1295
Scotland and France form their 'Auld Alliance'
