Billie Jean King, US tennis player & Wimbledon Champion
1941
Tom Conti, Stage and screen actor
1930
Sir Peter Hall, Leading director, and former manager of the RSC
1913
Benjamin Britten, English operatic composer
1819
George Elliot, Author of 'The Mill On the Floss' & 'Silas Marner'
1808
Thomas Cook, Founder of the Thomas Cook travel agents
Events:
1980
The American actress Mae West died, aged 88
1975
King Juan Carlos II was sworn in as head of state, two days after the death of General Franco, the Spanish dictator
1965
In Las Vegas, Cassius Clay beat Floyd Paterson to retain his world heavyweight boxing title
1963
US president J.F Kennedy was shot and killed while travelling through Dallas, Texas
1963
Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in as the 35th President of America, shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy
1900
Sir Arthur Sullivan, the famous composer of several operas with his friend W.S Gilbert, died
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