1958 Event BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7h57m 1953 Event British royal yacht Britannia taken out of service 1926 Birthday Leonard Rossiter, Liverpool England, actor, Britannia Hospital 1885 Event Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game 1877 Event Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia 1778 Death Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 1710 Birthday Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer, Alfred, Rule Britannia 1700 Birthday James Thomson, songwriter, Rule Britannia
