Tom Watson, American golfer & winner of the British Open
1937
Dawn Fraser, Australian Olympic gold medal swimmer
1934
Sir Nicholas Jackson, Composer
1932
Dinsdale Lansden, Stage and TV actor
1892
Darius Milhaud, French composer and pianist
1824
Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer
Events:
1972
The American swimmer Mark Spitz, won a record 7th gold medal at the Munich games
1940
The 'Battle of Britain' began, after Hitler threatened to raze British cities to the ground after British bombers attacked Munich
1934
At Nuremburg over 750,000 supporters attended the Nazi Party conference
1912
The first accident to happen on the 'London Underground' injured 22 people when two trains collided on the Piccadilly line
1909
The recently formed Boy Scouts held their first parade at Crystal Palace
1907
Edvard Grieg, the Norwegian composer, died
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