Following an aborted take-off, a British Airtours Boeing 737 burst into flames on the runway at Manchester Airport 55 persons were kills 

Oliver Lodge, English physicist, dies 

Ray Bradbury, US writer, is born 

Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris 

Colin Buchanan, town planner 

Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car