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Born on this Day 1836 Sir William Gilbert 1901 George Gallup 1923 Alan Shephard Jnr 1928 Mickey Mouse 1939 Margaret Attwood 1941 David Hemmings 1944 Linda Evans 1960 Kim Wilde 1975 Ant McPartlin Died On This Day 1946 Donald Meek 1976 Sir Basil Spence 2002 James Coburn Music 1965 Marc Bolan's First Single... "The Wizard"... was released. 1975 Bruce Springsteen made his debut at Hammersmith Odeon. Sport 1880 The Irish Football Association formed. 1990 In an all-British contest, Chris Eubank beat Nigel Benn to become the new WBO middle-weight boxing champion. People & Showbiz 1933 Bob Hope made his first major appearance on Broadway in Jerome Kern's 'Roberta'. 1991 Terry Waite was freed from Beruit after 1763 days, along with American hostage Tom Sutherland whose release Waite had been negotiating when he himself was kidnapped. General Events 1852 The state funeral of the Duke of Wellington took place in St. Paul's Cathedral. 1963 The Dartford-Purfleet tunnel, linking Essex and kent underthe Thames was opened. 1983 Janet Walton gave birth to six girls in Liverpool Maternity Hospital. 1992 The Department of Education released Britain's first league table of school exam results. 1994 Reliant, the makers of the famous 3-wheeler went into receivership.
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