1999
Death of Quentin Crisp, British writer, model, actor, raconteur and gay icon
1997
Death of Robert Simpson, British composer
1989
Proceedings of House of Commons first televised live
1979
The US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan was attacked by a mob and burnt to the ground, killing six people
1974
IRA Bomb Birmingham
1959
Death of Max Baer, American heavyweight boxing champion and actor
1934
The musical Anything Goes by Cole Porter had its first performance, at the Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York
1934
American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald made her singing debut in an amateur talent show at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York, aged 17
1929
Spanish Surrealist artist Salvador Dali held his first solo exhibition, in Paris