French inventor Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier dies.

In 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte changed the Constitution and he was elected Consulate for life by the French people. He gained numerous powers with this move.

In 1820 the Irish physicist John Tyndall is born. He explained why the sky is blue and proved that the dust also consists of micro-organisms.

In 1870 the Tower Railway in London, the first underground railway in the world, opens.

In 1897 Swiss politician Max Weber is born.

In 1921, the National Assembly in Belgrade adopted a law to protect the country against communists, the so-called Obznano. The Communist Party of Yugoslavia was outlawed, its members were deprived of their immunity, and arrests began.

In 1922 inventor of the first usable telephone Alexander Graham Bell dies.

MUSIC HISTORY
1960 - Johnny Kidd and The Pirates are at the top of the British singles chart with 'Shakin' All Over'.
1962 - Robert Allen Zimmerman changes his name to Robert Dylan.
1970 - Elvis Presley is at the top of the British singles chart with 'The Wonder Of You'.
1975 - The Eagles are at No.1 on the American singles chart with 'One Of These Nights'.
1986 - Peter Cetera is No. 1 on the American charts with 'The Glory Of Love' from the film 'Karate Kid II'.
1986 - Chris de Burgh is at the top of the British charts with 'The Lady In Red'.

BORN ON THIS DAY
1939 - Edward Patten, singer in The Pips (1973 'Midnight Train To Georgia').
1941 - Doris Coley, singer in The Shirelles (1961 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow').
1951 – singer Andrew Gold (1977 'Lonely Boy').