1897 - Cyril Ritchard born
1913 - Mary Martin born
1919 - Nancy Astor becomes the first female MP
1935 - Woody Allen born
1936 - Lou Raw
1939 - Lee Trevino born
1940 - Richard Pryor born
1942 - The coalition British Government has unveils plans for a welfare state offering care to all from the cradle to the grave.
1943 - Allied leaders of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union have ended a landmark conference held in Tehran, the capital of Iran.
1944 - John Densmore born
1945 - Bette Midler born
1955 - Rosa Parks is arrested by police in Montgomery, Alabama, after refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person.
1965 - The Labour Government puts forward a plan to improve production in farming and decrease Britain's reliance on imports of beef.
1970 - Julie Condra born
1973 - David Ben-Gurion, a founder of the Israeli state and its first prime minister, dies aged 87.
1977 - Brad Delson born
1986 - Guinness shares plunge by £300m after the government ordered an inquiry into the affairs of the company.
1990 - Construction workers drill through the final wall of rock to join the two halves of the Channel Tunnel and link Britain to France.
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