1487 – The Battle of Stoke Field was fought. The final battle of the Wars of the Roses.
1586 – Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir.
1779 – Spain declared war on Great Britain, and the siege of Gibraltar began.
1871 – The University Tests Act allowed students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.
1883 – Panic broke out at The Victoria Hall theatre, killing 183 children.
1903 – The Ford Motor Company was incorporated.
1915 – The British Women's Institute was founded.
1963 – Russian Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
1972 – Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof was captured by police in Langenhagen.
1976 – A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turned into days of rioting when police opened fire on the crowd and kiled 566 children.
1992 - Andrew Morton's explosive new book about Princess Diana, including claims she attempted suicide, was published.