Birthdays
John Barnes, footballer, 58
Lindsay Duncan, actress, 71
Rio Ferdinand, footballer and broadcaster, 43
Lucinda Green, equestrian champion, 68
Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, 78
Tinie Tempah, rapper and TV presenter, 33
Anniversaries
1917 Bolsheviks seize power in Petrograd, starting the October Revolution
1956 The Suez crisis ends when the UN sends in its first peacekeeping force
1989 East Germany’s rulers quit in face of protests. Two days on, the Berlin Wall falls