1993
Death of Kenneth Connor, British comedy actor (‘Carry On’ films) .
1984
William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, and his wife Hannah, were made honorary citizens of the United States, over 250 years after their deaths
1979
The Mount Erebus disaster: an Air New Zealand plane crashed into Mount Erebus during a sightseeing trip, killing all 257 people on board
1968
Death of Enid Blyton, British children’s writer .
1958
Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon became autonomous republics within the French Community.
1950
Death of James Corbitt, executed for the murder of his girlfriend by public executioner Albert Pierrepoint, the man who he sang Danny Boy with in a duet on the night of the murder.
Great Britain
1908
Birth of Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist .
1907
Birth of Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (A major figure in 20th-century Italian literature)
1905
Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin
Great Britain
1859
Death of Washington Irving, American writer of the first American short stories (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, and others)
1757
William Blake born 1757 (died 1827). Poet and engraver.
1660
Royal Society Founded