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1909
James Mason, British born film actor
1918
Eddy Arnold, American film actor
1953
Mike Oldfield, Instrumentalist
1935
Ted Dexter, English cricketer
1859
Pierre Curie, French physicist
1936
Ralph Steadman, British cartoonist
1990
A Van Gogh painting, 'Portrait Of Dr. Gachet' was sold for a record amount
1988
Soviet troops began their withdrawl from Afghanistan
1987
Rita Hayworth, the American film actress, died
1972
The Queen went on a state visit to France
1961
Filming began on the epic 'Lawrence of Arabia'
1957
Britan exploded a test thermonuclear bomb on Christmas Island
1908
Artist Claude Monet destroyed some of his paintings which he didn't like
1902
Portugal declared itself bankrupt
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