2013 Event A court grants Iceland's Blaer Bjarkardottir the right to use her own name; after previously ruling Blaer was only a man's name, the Reykjavik court rules it could also be used as a girl's name 1987 Event "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik 1964 Birthday Maria Ellingsen, Reykjavik Iceland, actress, Katrina-Santa Barbara 1945 Birthday Bjarni V Tryggvason, Reykjavik Iceland, astronaut, STS-85 1942 Event Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia
