1984
A fire at Londons Oxford Circus underground station caused substantial damage and left hundreds of passengers trapped in smoke-filled tunnels for up to three hours
Great Britain
1979
IRA member Thomas McMahon was sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Earl Mountbatten of Burma in August 1979
1979
Death of Merle Oberon, British film actress (played Cathy in Wuthering Heights and other notable roles)
1963
First episode of Dr Who on BBC TV
1959
French President Charles de Gaulle revealed his vision of a united Europe
1934
Death of Giovanni Brunero, one of the greatest Italian cyclists of all time
1934
Death of Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright
1910
Crippen hanged
1909
Birth of Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and writer
1897
First Royal Command Performance
1869
Cutty Sark launched in Dumbarton
Great Britain
1859
Birth of Billy the Kid, American Wild West outlaw, also known as Henry McCarty, William Harrison Bonney and Henry Antrim