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Photograph by © Viviana Niemann
Born on this Day 1931 Archbishop Desmond Tutu 1935 Thomas Keneally 1938 Ann Jones 1939 Clive James 1945 Kevin Godley 1952 Vladimir Putin 1957 Jayne Torvill 1959 Simon Cowell 1964 Sam Brown Died On This Day 1849 Edgar Allen Poe 1956 Clarence Birdseye 1959 Mario Lanza Music 1961 The Highwaymen reached the No.1 spot with 'Michael Row The Boat'. 1963 'She Loves You' by the Beatles stood in the No.1 spot in the UK singles chart. 1972 David Cassidy began his second week in the No.1 position with 'How Can I Be Sure'. 1977 Steve Hackett left Genesis. Sport 1982 Allan Wells of Scotland and Mike McFarlane of England made athletics history when they crossed the line together in the Commonwealth Games 200m in Brisbane at exactly the same time, even the photofinish equipment was unable to separate them. People & Showbiz 1954 The first televised coverage of a Party Conference was transmitted from the Conservative Party at Blackpool. 1983 Sean Connery returned to the James Bond role with the premier of 'Never Say Never Again' in the US. 1993 The first episode of American law drama 'LA Law' was broadcast in the US. General Events 1769 Captain Cook reached New Zealand. 1919 KLM, the world's oldest existing airline was established. 1988 The government allocated £1.7m to research the greenhouse effect. 1988 In Alaska, an international force began the task of freeing grey whales trapped in ice. The majority of those freeing them were crews of whaling ships. 1990 Following Iraq's recent invasion of Kuwait Israel began handing out gas masks to its citizens. 2001 The US and Great Britain began air strikes in Afghanistan in response to that state's support of terrorism and Osama Bin Laden. This was the first military action taken in response to the terrorist attacks on the US on September 11, 2001 2003 California governor Gray Davis was recalled from office and replaced by Arnold Shwarzenegger
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