| 1987 - | James Callaghan, former Labour PM, was made a member of the Order Of The Garter |
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| 1984 - | Britain broke off diplomatic relations with Libya |
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| 1969 - | Single-handed round the world sailor Robin Knox Johnston returned to Falmouth |
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| 1943 - | The Bank Of England ceased printing ?1,000 notes |
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| 1908 - | Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba |
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| 1906 - | 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece |
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| 1906 - | New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls |
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| 1905 - | Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam |
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| 1904 - | Robert Oppenheimer, US physicist and atomic bomb pioneer, was born |
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| 1903 - | American Power Boat Association forms |
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| 1903 - | NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 1-Mar before 11,950 |
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| 1884 - | Colchester and parts of East Anglia were hit by an earthquake, killing four people |
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| 1778 - | James Hargreaves, English inventor of the spinning jenny, died |
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| 1778 - | James Hargreaves, the inventor of the 'spinning jenny', died |
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| 1662 - | King Charles II granted a charter to the Royal Society of London, which became an important center of scientific activity in England |
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| 1662 - | John Tradescant, English naturalist, died |
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| 1662 - | The Royal Society of London was granted its royal charter |
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| 1500 - | The area that became Brazil was discovered by Portuguese explorers |
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