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Born on this Day
1801 Joseph Paxton 1924 Leon Uris 1920 P D James 1926 Tony Bennett 1937 Steven Berkoff 1938 Terry Wogan 1940 Martin Sheen 1950 John Landis 1955 Billy Bob Thornton Died on this Day 1460 James II of Scotland 1966 Lenny Bruce 2002 Carmen Silvera Music 1963 The Beatles played at The Cavern Club for the 294th and last time 1971 Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new band Wings 1976 Fleetwood Mac's self-titled album became their first US No. 1 album Sport 1936 Black US athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his 4 Olympic gold medals in Berlin, denting Adolf Hitler's hopes of using the Games to prove Aryan superiority. 1978 The Queen officially opened the 11th Comonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada People & Showbiz 1955 Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting For Godot' was performed for the first time in London at the Arts Theatre. Half the audience walked out of the play, now acknowledged as a classic 1999 Patsy Cline received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. General Events 1492 Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera, a port in south west spain, on te voyage that was to lead him to the Americas 1610 Captain Henry Hudson discovered the bay that now bears his name. 1914 Germany declared war on France. 1926 Britain's first traffic lights were installed at Picadilly Circus in London 1988 A giant planet was discovered , 30,000 times bigger than the earth, orbiting a star outside our solar system 2004 In New York, the Statue of Liberty was reopened to the public, having been closed since the terrorist attacks on the USA on 11th Sept 2001.
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