1912 - Eric Sevareid born
1912 - Eugene Ionesco born
1922 - Charles Schulz born
1933 - Robert Goulet born
1938 - Rich Little born
1939 - Tina Turner born
1953 - Peers back the Conservative Government's proposals for the introduction of commercial television - despite fierce opposition from some rebels.
1968 - The new Race Relations Act comes into force, making it illegal to refuse housing, employment or public services to people because of their ethnic background.
1972 - Eight armed men protesting against the imprisonment of IRA member Sean MacStiofain try to rescue him from a Dublin hospital.
1983 - An armed gang carries out Britain's largest ever robbery at London's Heathrow Airport. Over £25m worth of gold bullion bound for the Far East was stolen from the Brinks Mat warehouse.
1992 - It is announced that a British monarch is to pay income tax for the first time since the 1930s.
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