1998
Death of Ted Hughes, British Poet Laureate .
1979
Chairman Hua Kuo-Feng became the first Chinese leader to visit Britain
1958
Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli of Venice was elected Pope, taking the title John XXIII.
1919
US Congress passed the Volstead Act, which enforced Prohibition from January 1920. (President Woodrow Wilsons veto was overridden)
1918
The Republic of Czechoslovakia was founded and granted independence from Austria-Hungary.
1909
Birth of Francis Bacon, Irish figurative artist
1908
Birth of Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (1958–62) 90.
1708
Death of Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne of England .
1215
First Lord Mayor's Show in London
