Lord (Harold) Wilson, Former Labour Prime Minister
1898
Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star
1885
Sir Malcolm Campbell, Racing driver who held the land speed record
1819
Sir Henry Tate, Founder of London's Tate Gallery
Events:
1990
The Republic of Lithuania declared its independence from the USSR
1988
Alison Johns, a 17 year old golfer from Lincolnshire, became the youngest person to win the Roehampton Gold Cup
1983
Donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, was buried in Moscow
1957
Richard Byrd, the American Polar explorer, died
1955
Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist and discoverer of penicillin, died
1702
The 'Daily Courant', the first successful English newspaper, was first published. It consisted of only 1 sheet
1682
The Royal Chelsea Hospital (and site of the flower show) was founded
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