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18th December |
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Born on this day
1916 Betty Grable 1938 Chas Chandler 1943 Keith Richards 1947 Steven Spielberg 1963 Brad Pitt 1963 Robson Green 1966 Les Ferdinand 1966 Keifer Sutherland 1980 Christina Aguilera Music 1959 Emile Ford became the first black male artist to top the chart with 'What Do Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For'. 1962 Elvis Presley was still No.1 with 'Return To Sender'. 1983 Keith Richard married Patti Hansen in Mexico on his 40th birthday, with Mick Jagger as best man. Sport 1952 Legendary American boxer Sugar Ray Robinson retired as world middleweight boxing champion. 1971 Champion English National Hunt jockey Stan Mellor rode his 1000th winner, Ouzo, at Nottingham People & Showbiz 1967 In Moscow, British traitor Kim Philby was hailed as a hero of the Soviet Union. 1983 Former US President Gerald Ford made his acting debut in the soap opera 'Dynasty' General Events 1787 New Jersey became the 3rd US state. 1865 Slavery was abolished throughout the United States of America. 1912 The discovery of the Piltdown man in East Sussex, beleived to be the fossilised skull and remains of the earliest European was announced. In 1953 the skull was proved to be a hoax and that of an orang-utan, not a human. 1969 The death penalty for murder was formally abolished in Britain. |
