Anniversaries

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th US president, is born.

Romy Schneider, Austrian-French actress and singer, died.

Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright, died.

The Flemish Baroque painter, Peter Paul Rubens, died.

Big Ben rung for the first time in London.

Vanessa Bell was born.

John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

Tintoretto died.

Walter "Walt" Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist, was born.

Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, dies.

The Johnstown flood, in Pennsylvania, USA. The South Fork Dam failed after days of rain.

Clint Eastwood, American actor and filmmaker, was born.

The Football Association, supported by Margaret Thatcher, bans English clubs from playing in Europe following the Heysel stadium tragedy.

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