1863: Jacob Grimm, children's author of Brothers Grimm drew his last breath.
1904: The Wright Brothers made a public test flight in Ohio. However, the American Government claimed the invention would have no military use and was not worth their support.
1946: The first Cannes Film Festival was held on the French Riviera.
1958: Martin Luther King was stabbed by a woman in Harlem, but was not serious injured.
1958: Tommy Steele became the first popular singer to be immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds.
1960: Lester Piggott won his 1,000th race.
1970: Jim Morrison was found guilty of indecent exposure on stage.
1972: Police found cannabis growing on Paul McCartney's farm.
1976: The Sex Pistols made their first appearance on British television performing Anarchy In The UK and So It Goes.
1982: Survivor were riding high at the top of the charts with The Eye of the Tiger.
1984: The American embassy in Beirut was attacked by a suicide bomber.
1991: Boxer, Michael Watson collapsed in the ring after a world title fight with Chris Eubank.
1993: It was reported that six shipwrecked people survived 34 days in the sea off the Philippines by eating their clothes.
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