- On this day in 1567 King James VI was crowned at Stirling. Regarded as ‘The Wisest Fool in Christendom,’ he succeeded to the English throne in 1603. He subsequently only revisited his northern kingdom once. One-year-old Charles James was crowned King James VI of Scotland in a Protestant ceremony in the Church of the Holy Rude, close to Stirling Castle; John Knox preached a sermon. It was exactly two years since Mary married Darnley. (Scotsclan)
- 1848 Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule put down by police
- 1988 South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom"
- 1990 South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference
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