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

1937 First Gallup Poll

On this day back in 1937 the first Gallup opinion poll was conducted in the UK

1559 Elizabeth I Crowned

On this day back in 1559 Elizabeth I became the Queen of England.

BORN ON THIS DAY

  • 1999 – Declan Rice, the English footballer
  • 1988 – Tom Rosenthal, the English actor
  • 1967 – Emma Watson, the actress
  • 1965 – Jemma Redgrave, the actress
  • 1965 – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the chef
  • 1934 – Richard Briers, the actor
  • 1904 – Cecil Beaton, the photographer and socialite
  • 1875 – Albert Schweitzer, the physician

DIED ON THIS DAY

  • 2018 – Cyrille Regis, the footballer
  • 2016 – Alan Rickan, the actor
  • 1977 – Anthony Eden, the British politician and Prime Minister
  • 1957 – Humphrey Bogart, the actor
  • 1898 – Lewis Carroll, the author
  • 1742 – Edmond Halley, the scientist who gave his name to a comet