19th August 1572: The Doctor and Steven land in Paris; the Doctor goes off to consult the apothecary Charles Preslin while Steven falls in with Huguenots, and the Abbot of Amboise arrives in Paris; guess who he looks like? (as shown in The Massacre, 1966)
19th August 1983: birth of Ianto Jones, later to join Torchwood.
I actually checked the date on that Who article, because I thought Davies-bashing was so 2009. At least he stayed away from mentioning the Gay Agenda, which would have completed the RTD-bashing bingo card.