the English parliament passes the Constitution.
In 1770 German composer and one of the greatest of all time Ludwig van Beethoven is born. From 1819 he was completely deaf.
In 1773 a group of colonists, dressed as Indian Mohawks, threw hundreds of chests of tea into the sea in the port of Boston. This was in protest against English taxes on tea.
In 1775 British novelist Jane Austen is born. She is famous for her novels Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense and Sensibility. All have be made into television programs and films.
In 1776, German born physicist and chemist Johann Wilhelm Ritter is born. He discovered and named the ultraviolet radiation.
In 1888 Yugoslav King Aleksander is born.
In 1916, the Russians killed Grigory Jefimoviča Rasputin, a Siberian farmer who as a self-proclaimed prophet gained incredible power in the Czar’s palace.
In 2005 American actor John Spencer dies.

MUSIC HISTORY
1970 – 5 albums and 5 singles by the group Credence Clearwater Revival (CCR) became golds. The singles were ‘Down on the Corner’, ‘Lookin out My Back Door’, ‘Travelin' Band’, ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and ‘Up around the Bend’.
1972 - Billy Paul takes the top spot on the American singles chart with 'Me and Mrs Jones'.
1989 - Jive Bunny and The Mastermixes take the No. 1 spot on the British singles chart with 'Let's Party'.
2001 - Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman take the No. 1 spot on the British singles chart with 'Somethin' Stupid', which was recorded by recorded by Frank and Nancy Sinatra in 1967.

BORN ON THIS DAY
1934 – British singer Karl Denver ('The Lion Sleeps Tonight').
1946 – singer in the group Abba, Benny Anderson ('Waterloo').
1960 – Italian singer Ivana Spagna ('Call me').