1898 - Gracie Fields born
1913 - Richard Nixon born
1935 - Bob Denver born
1941 - Susannah York born
1941 - Joan Baez born
1944 - Jimmy Page born
1951 - Crystal Gayle born
1957 - Sir Anthony Eden resigns as prime minister of Britain due to ill health after one year and 279 days in the post
1967 - Dave Matthews born
1972 - Coal miners walk out at midnight in their first national strike for almost 50 years
1978 - A.J. McLean born
1986 - Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns his Cabinet job after a row with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over the Westland helicopter affair.
1992 - Britain's most senior policewoman Alison Halford is suspended over allegations of misconduct
1997 - The lone yachtsman, Tony Bullimore, feared drowned after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean five days ago, is found safe and well
2005 - Early indications in the Palestinian presidential elections show former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas set to win
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