On this day

1667 - The Dutch fleet, under Admiral de Ruyter burned Sheerness, sailed up the River Medway, raided Chatham dockyard, and then escaped with the royal barge, the Royal Charles.

1922 - George Leigh Mallory and two British climbers reached a height of 25,800 feet on Mount Everest without the aid of oxygen; the highest point ever achieved. Two years later, this same month, Mallory made another attempt with Andrew Irvine. Less than 1,000 feet from the summit, they were trapped by bad weather and were never seen alive again.

Birthdays

Robyn-31..Swedish pop singer.
Anne Frank-81.
George Bush-86.

1965 - The Beatles received their MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) awards.

1972 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono released "Some Time In New York City."

1989 - Graceland opened the Elvis Presley Autoland Museum, which contains over 20 cars owned by Presley.

1665 - The Great Plague began to take hold, as the official death toll reached 112.

1842 - Queen Victoria travelled by train for the first time, from Slough (near Windsor Castle) to Paddington, accompanied by Prince Albert. A special coach had been built earlier, but the Queen had been reluctant to try this new form of travel. On her first journey, the engine driver was assisted by the great civil engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

1944 - World War II: the first German V1 flying bomb, or 'doodlebug' landed in Britain - killing three people in a house in the coastal city of Southampton.

1970-The long and winding road became the Beatles last number 1 song.An incredible 27 of their singles reached the top spot.

1977-James Earl Ray,the man who assassinated US civil rights leader Marin Luther King jr,was recaptured after escaping prison three days earlier.

1981-Teenager Marcus Sarjeant fires six shots at the queen during trooping the colour-the bullets were blanks.

1980 - Pat Benatar opened a home game for the Philadelphia Phillies by playing a brief set.

1984 - The Jacksons' "State of Shock," was released. Mick Jagger did guest vocals.

1985 - Live Aid concerts took place in Philadelphia, PA and London.

1989 - Jerry Lee Lewis got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1992 - Future U.S. President Bill Clinton criticized Sister Souljah for making remarks "filled with hatred" towards whites.

1992 - Law enforcement officials in Texas called for a ban on Ice-T's "Cop Killer" album.

1995 - Ty Hernodon was arrested by an undercover officer on drug possession charges.

1995 - Alanis Morissette released the album "Jagged Little Pill."

2004 - Warner Music Group announced that it would buy Madonna's shares of the Maverick Records label. Madonna had co-founded the label 12 year earlier.

Birthdays.

Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen-24.
Ally Sheedy-48.
Tim Allen-57.
Richard Thomas-59....Stared as John Boy from The Waltons
Malcolm Mcdowell-67.

1865-William Butler yeats-Irish Poet.

Birthdays.

Donald Trump-86
Paul O'Grady-55
Steffi Graf-41

1789 - English Captain William Bligh and 18 others, cast adrift from the H.M.S. Bounty, reached Timor after travelling nearly 4,000 miles in a small, open boat. The Bounty had been sailing from Tahiti when crew members mutinied.

1982 - Argentine forces surrendered at Port Stanley, ending the Falklands War. 255 Britons and 652 Argentines died in the conflict.

1789-Whisky distilled from maize was first produced Bourbon County,Kentucky.

1839-The first Henley Regatta took place on the Thames.