History
1642 King Charles I took four hundred soldiers into parliament in an attempt to arrest five members for treason, only to discover they had been tipped off and fled.
1973 The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, which went on to become the world’s longest-running sitcom. was broadcast
Birthdays
Isaac Newton – 1643 – 1727 (English physicist, mathematician, astronomer)
Marilyn Manson – 57 years old (Musician)
Craig Revel Horwood – 61 (Australian Choreographer
