1737 First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris
1926 Weather map televised for 1st time
1933 Roman Polanski, Polish-French film director (Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown, Pirates), born in Paris, France
1936 Robert Redford, American actor (Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby), born in Santa Monica, California
1940 Battle of Britain – ‘The hardest day” Luftwaffe lose 69 aircraft, the RAF 68 in largest ever air battle
2018 Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006), dies at 80
