1915 Jack Common born
1915 Jack Common born
1915 Jack Common born
1884 Jesmond Dene officially opened
1956 Julia Darling, writer, born
1956 Julia Darling, writer, born
2000 Heaton's Jonathan Edwards won Triple Jump Olympic Gold
1938 Colin Veitch, footballer, actor, politician, died
1948 Florence Nightingale Harrison-Bell, social reformer and campaigner, died
1932 Neil Bartlett, chemist, born
1928 Heaton Secondary Schools opened
1901 HMS Cobra sank
2000 Jonathan Edwards won Olympic gold
1885 James Douglas Edgar, golfer, born