1913 - in Natal, police open fire on demonstrators protesting against the imprisonment of Mahatma Gandhi, killing two and wounding another 20.
1935 - The monarchy is restored in Greece.
1949 - Death of Bojangles (Bill Robinson), American tap dancer and entertainer.
1952 - Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London with Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim in the leading roles.
1963 - Assassinated President John F. Kennedy receives a state funeral.
1974 - Death of U Thant, Burmese diplomat and secretary general of the UN 1962-72
1989 - The New Zealand All-Blacks' victory over the Barbarians at Twickenham gives them an unbroken run of 46 victorious rugby matches.
1993 - Death of novelist Anthony Burgess, best known for his books A Clockwork Orange and Earthly Powers.
2005 - George Best, British soccer legend, dies, aged 59 after a long battle with alcoholism.
