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

1852 Flushing Success

It was on this day back in 1852 that the first flushing toilet was available to the public for use in London!

1536 - Buenos Aires Becomes Reality

Back in 1536, the Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza found Buenos Aires in Argentina.

BORN ON THIS DAY

  • 1986 – Gemma Arterton, the  actress
  • 1977 – Shakira, the singer
  • 1963 – Eva Cassidy, the singer and guitarist
  • 1947 – Farah Fawcett, the actress
  • 1940 – David Jason, the actor
  • 1954 – Christie Brinkley, the model
  • 1882 – James Joyce, the author

DIED ON THIS DAY

  • 1996 – Gene Kelly, the American actor and dancer
  • 1995 – Fred Perry, the tennis player
  • 1987 – Alistair Maclean, the novellist
  • 1979 – Sid Vicious, the singer