David Steel, (Lord Steel of Aikwood), Politician and Former Leader of the Liberal Party, Born.

Cartoon character Desperate Dan first appeared in the Dandy comic

The Marquess of Bute sold half of the city of Cardiff for £20 million, at that time the biggest-ever British property deal

David Steel, (Lord Steel of Aikwood), politician and former leader of the Liberal party, born.

David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC (born 31 March 1938) is a retired Scottish politician. Elected as Member of Parliament for Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Peebles, followed by Tweeddale, Ettrick, and Lauderdale, he served as the final leader of the Liberal Party, from 1976 to 1988. His tenure spanned the duration of the alliance with the Social Democratic Party, which began in 1981 and concluded with the formation of the Liberal Democrats in 1988.