- 1926 - Writer Peter Ling was born.[1]
- 1927 - Controller of BBC One Bryan Cowgill was born.[2]
- 1934 - Writer Harlan Ellison was born.[3]
- 1963 - Actor David Schaal was born.[4]
- 1972 - Assistant costume designer Fraser Purfit was born.[5]
- 1981 - Writer Kit Pedler died.[6]
- 1983 - Actor George Cormack died.[7]
- 1990 - Actor Lorne MacFadyen was born.[8]
- 1999 - Actor Donald Morley died.[9]