Jo Grimond, Born

Edinburgh Zoo opened

Also known as The Great Dublin Lockout, the Dublin Transport Strike, led by Jim Larkin and James Connolly, begins

Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond, CH, CBE, TD, PC (/ˈɡrɪmənd/; 29 July 1913 – 24 October 1993), known as Jo Grimond, was a British politician, leader of the Liberal Party for eleven years from 1956 to 1967 and again briefly on an interim basis in 1976.

Grimond was a long-term supporter of Scottish home rule; and, during his leadership, he successfully argued that the Liberal Party support the abolition of Britain’s nuclear arsena