In Hong Kong 1950: Clementino Maria Almario, 68, sexton of the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Happy Valley, was fined $200 in a Central court and charged with forging a burial notification for a non-Catholic Chinese woman, Yeung Yung.
1963: 'After seeing the Chinese girls of Hong Kong, the Macau girls are a disappointment,' said visiting Italian film director, Dr Romolo Marcellini.
1972: Governor Sir Murray MacLehose and leading lights from Hong Kong society paid tribute to the Duke of Windsor in a memorial service at St John's Cathedral.
1983: English League champions Liverpool, playing without stars such as Ian Rush, proved too strong for local side Bulova, winning the Vita Cup 2-0 in front of 27,856 at Hong Kong Stadium.
Around the world 1827: Turkish forces captured the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, after a long siege.
1849: Denmark became a constitutional monarchy with a parliament and freedom of press, association and religion.