1895 - Juan Peron born
1935 - Clement Atlee is elected Labour Party leader
1936 - Rona Barrett born
1939 - Paul Hogan born
1941 - Jesse Jackson born
1943 - R.L. Stine born
1943 - Chevy Chase born
1949 - Sigourney Weaver born
1952 - Three trains crash at Harrow killing a total of 108 passengers and four rail crew were killed, in addition nearly 340 people were injured.
1956 - Stephanie Zimbalist born
1970 - Matt Damon born
1973 - Britain's first independent radio station (LBC) begins broadcasting on VHF and medium wave.
1987 - The coroner's inquest jury into the capsizing of the Herald of Free Enterprise returns verdicts of unlawful killing.
1990 - Hectic trading in the City marks Britain's first day as a full member of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System.
2003 - Film star Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California, ousting the incumbent, Gray Davis, three years before the end of his term of office.
2005 - Many hundreds of people die in Pakistan, north India and Afghanistan following a massive quake.
No comments:
Post a Comment