1989
20,000 coal miners in western Siberia went on strike demanding better pay and conditions. The strike spread and over 300,000 miners in the Soviet Union became involved.

1989
Death of Mel Blanc, American voice actor who supplied the voices for over 400 cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig

1958
Britain’s first parking meters were installed, in Mayfair, London .

1946
Hungary sets the record for currency inflation with a daily rate of 348.46%, which means that prices in the shops doubled every 11 hours.

1941

1940
The Battle of Britain begins

1938
American aviator Howard Hughes completed a 91-hour flight around the world, setting a new record.

1919
US President Woodrow Wilson delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the US Senate and urged its ratification

1851
Death of Louis Daguerre, creator of the daguerreotype, the first practicable method of obtaining permanent images with a camera.

1806

1690
Battle of Beachy Head

1553
Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen of England

1509
Birth of John Calvin, French Protestant theologian and reformer, founder of Calvinism

1499
Nicolau Coelho arrived in Lisbon with the news that Vasco da Gama's expedition had discovered the sea route to India.

1460
Battle of Northampton

1296
John Baliol dethroned by Edward I
