1959 Charles de Gaulle becomes the first President of the new Fifth French Republic
1972 Miners’ Strike – Coal miners walk out at midnight in the first national strike for 50 years
1976 Cod Wars – An Icelandic gunboat and Royal Navy frigate are in a ‘deliberate’ collision in the Atlantic
1981 Yorkshire Ripper arrested – Peter Sutcliffe is suspected of carrying out 13 murders in West Yorkshire
1997 Tony Bullimore rescued – the lone yachtsman was found safe and well after 5 days of clinging to his unturned yacht
This week’s birthdays
6th TV cook Nigella Lawson is 54 and actor Angus Deyton is 58
7th Coronation Street actor Helen Worth is 63
8th Scientist Stephen Hawking is 72
9th Duchess of Cambridge Catherine is 32 and comedian Freddy Star is 71
10th Singer Rod Stewart is 70
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