1828 Count Leo Tolstoy, the famous Russian author, was born in Vasnaya Polyana, Russia.
1879 King Cetshwayo, the last great ruler of Zululand, was captured by the British and sent into exile.
1928 Jawaharlal Nehru formed the Independence of India League to work towards freedom from British rule.
1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. touched the hearts of over 200,000 demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC with his moving speech: ‘I have a dream...’
1996 Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales, were formally divorced.