1984 Zola Budd of SA and Mary Decker of the USA collide accidentally during the 3000m in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
1787 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his chamber piece ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’
1960 Premiere of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie ‘Psycho’ starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh
1965 At the young age of 12 years, 10 months and 25 days, Karen Muir from Kimberley became the youngest world record holder in any sport in the history of organised sport when she broke the 110 yards backstroke world record at the British amateur swimming championships in Blackpool on 10 August 1965
