Today in British History 
Events in History
Meeting of Interest
1945 Winston Churchill visits Field Marshal Montgomery's headquarters

Winston Churchill
Birthdays in History
Alexander Graham Bell
1847 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born British-American inventor (telephone), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1922)

Alexander Graham Bell
Divorces in History
Divorce of Interest
1995 Camilla Parker Bowles (46) and her husband retired Army Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles(55) divorce, after 21 years of marriage

Camilla Parker Bowles
Deaths in History
Robert Hooke
1703 Robert Hooke, English scientific genius (Micrographia), dies at 67

Robert Hooke
- 1717 Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75
- 1765 William Stukeley, English physician and archaeologist (pioneered investigation of Stonehenge and Avebury), dies at 77
- 1792 Robert Adam, Scottish architect and designer (Adelphi Terrace, London), dies at 63
- 1878 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English artist and Egyptologist, dies at 81
- 2003 Peter Smithson, English architect, dies at 79
- 2006 Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
- 2010 Michael Foot, British politician (L) and writer, Leader of the Opposition (1980-83), dies at 96