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

1999 Restrictions On House Of Lords Membership

The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.

1992 Women Priests

Back on this day in 1992 the Church of England passed a motion to allow women to be ordained as priests.

1987 Irises Goes For A Record Sum

Back in 1987 the Vincent Van Gogh painting, Irises, sold for a record price of £27 million at auction.

1918 WWI Armistice Agreement Signed

Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.

BORN ON THIS DAY

  • 1994 – Ellie Simmonds, the English swimmer
  • 1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, the actor
  • 1964 – Calista Flockhart, the actress
  • 1962 – Demi Moore, the actress
  • 1885 – George S Patton, the US General

DIED ON THIS DAY

  • 2004 – Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian politician