2013 Event A cross-party royal charter allowing for the regulation of the British press is granted by the UK Privy Council despite a last-minute court challenge by the newspaper industry 2013 Event The Privy Council rejects proposals for a Royal Charter for self-regulation of the British Press 1982 Event Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case 1951 Birthday Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1944 Birthday Alan Howarth, born in Britain, born Alan Thomas Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, politician, Member of Parliament 1983 - 2005, member of the Privy Council 1937 Birthday Christopher Rose, born in England, Lord Justice Rose, Sir Christopher Rose, judge, member, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, served Court of Appeal of England and Wales 1930 Birthday Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1924 Birthday Peter Miles, British keeper of privy purse 1690 Event Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
