| 1788 | Sir Robert Peel, Founder of the Metropolitan Police |
| 1840 | John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tyre |
| 1906 | John Carradine, Character actor in American films |
| 1942 | Susan Hill, Playwright and novelist |
| 1944 | Al Cooper, Of the group 'Blood Sweat and Tears' |
| 1946 | Charlotte Rampling, Leading British film actress |
| 1952 | Russell Grant, Television astrologer |
| 1969 | Bobby Brown, Pop star, and husband of Whitney Houston |
| 1922 | The very first 'Readers Digest' appeared on the shelves |
| 1936 | The film 'Modern Times', by Charlie Chaplin, had its American premiere |
| 1961 | The Sunday Telegraph was first published |
| 1971 | The US Apollo 14 (Shepard & Mitchell onboard) landed on the Moon |
| 1988 | Mikhail Gorbachev and President Reagan were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 1989 | Sky satellite television was launched |
| 1992 | Kevin Keegan was appointed manager of Newcastle Football Club |
| 1994 | A US paragliding citizen landed on the roof of Buckingham Palace |
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