1847 - A new law is passed in Britain limiting working hours for women and children to 10 hours a day
1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright born
1918 - Robert Preston born
1925 - Barbara Bush born
1929 - Jerry Stiller born
1933 - Joan Rivers born
1940 - Nancy Sinatra born
1942 - Japanese shell Sydney and Newcastle
1944 - Boz Scaggs born
1955 - Tim Berners-Lee born
1958 - Keenen Ivory Wayans born
1963 - Dr Stephen Ward, a London osteopath and friend of Christine Keeler, is arrested and charged with living on immoral earnings
1968 - James Earl Ray is arrested in London in connection with the murder of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
1978 - Yachtswoman Naomi James breaks the solo round-the-world sailing record by two days. Also Kanye West born
1982 - 48 British servicemen are killed in an Argentine air attack on two supply ships the Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram, in the Falklands.
1983 - Kim Clijsters born
1999 - Ex-cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is jailed for 18 months after admitting he lied during a libel action.
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