1970 - The Grateful Dead released their "Workingman's Dead" LP.
1971 - In London, the first Hard Rock Cafe opened.
1980 - The movie "Roadie," starring Meat Loaf, debuted.
1981 - The "No Nukes" concert took place at The Hollywood Bowl.
1982 - The Pretenders fired Pete Farndon.
1988 - The Fat Boys filed a $5 million law suit against Miller Beer and Joe Piscopo for using their likeness in a Miller Lite "Rappin "Fats" Piscopo commercial.
1844 - Charles Goodyear received a patent for a process to strengthen rubber.
1860 - British nurse Florence Nightingale, famous for tending British wounded during the Crimean War, opened a school for nurses at St Thomas's Hospital in London.
1910 - British explorer Captain Robert Scott began his ill-fated expedition to reach the South Pole.
1928 - The House of commons voted to fix the date of Easter.
1998 - Britain introduced a £2 coin.
1966-World's first hovercraft show opens in Britain.
1996-IRA bomb devastates Manchester city centre,injuring 212 people.
2000-British marines leave Sierra Leone after helping to restore order.
Birthdays.
Noddy Holder-64
Helen Hunt-47
Danielle Lineker-31
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots is imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland.
1824 - The RSPCA Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded.
1884 - The 1st roller coaster is used (Coney Island NY).
1958 - Yellow ‘No Waiting’ lines were introduced to British streets.
1974 - Homer Simpson & Marge Bouvier wed
1903-The Ford Motor Company is established.
1915-The Woman's Institute is founded.
1976-Soweto uprising begins in South Africa,resulting in the deaths of more than 500 youngsters as police open fire.
Birthdays.
James Bolam-75
Laurie Metcalfe-55
Simon Khan-38
Birthdays.
Barry Manilow-67
Ken Livingstone-65
Greg Kinnear-47
1987-The Dusky Seaside Sparrow is declared extinct.
1994-O.J.Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife and her male friend.
1579 - Francis Drake anchored the Golden Hind just north of what would one day be San Francisco Bay, California and proclaimed England's sovereignty over an area he named New Albion.
1775 - In the War of American Independence, British troops won a victory at Bunker Hill north of Boston, Massachusetts.
1823 - Charles Macintosh patented the waterproof cloth he used to make raincoats, after experimenting with waste rubber products from Glasgow's new gas works.
1940 - World War II: In a radio broadcast, Winston Churchill urged Britain to conduct herself so that this would be remembered as her finest hour.