1938 Colin Veitch, footballer, actor, politician, died
1938 Colin Veitch, footballer, actor, politician, died
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
1893 Alfred Kingsley Lawrence, artist, born
1898 Victoria Library opened
1913 Suffragettes alleged to have tried to burn down Heaton Station
1878 Byker Bridge opened to pedestrians
1982 Byker Metro Bridge opened