| 1911 | Ronald Reagan, Former actor and US (40th) President |
| 1919 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, American actress |
| 1922 | Denis Norden, Scriptwriter, radio and TV presenter |
| 1929 | Keith Waterhouse, Journalist, playwright and novelist |
| 1931 | Fred Trueman, Former Yorkshire and England cricketer |
| 1932 | Francois Truffaut, Oscar winning French film director |
| 1933 | Leslie Crowther, Television game show host |
| 1940 | Jimmy Tarbuck, British comedian |
| 1966 | Rick Astley, British singer |
| 1685 | King Charles II died |
| 1918 | Women aged 30 and over were given the vote for Parliamentary Elections for the first time |
| 1952 | King George VI died in his sleep, aged 56 |
| 1958 | A plane carrying the Manchester United football team crashed at Munich airport, killing 7 of the team |
| 1959 | Indira Ghandi became the leader of India's Congress Party |
| 1991 | Debis from the Soviet space station 'Salyut 7' fell into the Atlantic as it broke up |
| 1992 | Barbara Mills QC, became the first female Director of Public Prosecutions |
| 1994 | Ambulance crews in Manchester were issued with bullet proof vests |
