1810 - P.T. Barnum born
1841 - Thomas Cook travel agency is founded
1889 - Jean Cocteau born
1911 - Georges Pompidou born
1928 - Warren Oates born
1951 - Huey Lewis born
1954 - At 7.30 pm Richard Baker delivered the first live news broadcast on BBC TV
1975 - American tennis player Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles' championship.
1979 - The Queen presides over the 1000th annual open-air sitting of the Isle of Man's Parliament, Tynwald. Also Shane Filan born
1981 - Up to 30 police officers are injured by bricks and other missiles as rioting and looting breaks out in Toxteth, Liverpool.
1989 - Former White House aide Oliver North escapes jail for his part in the Iran-Contra affair.
1991 - The Bank of Credit and Commerce International closes UK branches over fraud allegations.
2000 - Conservationists in South Africa carry out the biggest ever airlift of wild birds.
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