Check out some of the events that took place on this day in history:

1976 Severe Gales Struck

Back in 1976 on this day severe gales struck causing serious coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts

1967 Ronald Reagan Becomes Governor

On this day in 1967 Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the new Governor of California

1818 Six Engineers Formed A New Institution

It was back on this day in 1818 that a group of six engineers founded The British Institution of Civil Engineers

BORN ON THIS DAY

  • 1969 – William Fox-Pitt, the English Olympian and horse rider
  • 1968 – Cuba Gooding Jr, the US actor
  • 1938 – David Bailey,  the English photographer

DIED ON THIS DAY

  • 2011 – Pete Postlethwaite, the English actor