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23rd December |
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Born on this day
1513 Thomas Smith 1621 Heneage Finch 1732 Sir Richard Arkwright 1854 Henry B. Guppy 1911 Niels Kaj Jerne 1925 Rayner Unwin 1933 Emperor Akihito 1947 Graham Bonnet 1951 Anthony Phillips 1953 Belinda Lang 1956 Dave Murray 1957 Trisha Goddard 1959 Geoff Willis 1961 Carol Smilie 1971 Tara Palmer-Tomkinson 1978 Jodie Marsh 1983 Michael Chopra 1984 Joseph Stacey 1985 Harry Judd 1989 Bart Simpson Music 1893 The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed. 1955 18 year old Shirley Bassey appearing in Al Reed's 'Such Is Life' revue, signed to Philps Records 1964 Pirate station Radio London began broadcasting. 1969 Elton John wrote his first song with Bernie Taupin. Sport 1987 24 year old David Duncan, one of the 25 British football supporters charged with manslaughter after the 1985 Heysel stadium riots, was released by a Brussels court. People & Showbiz 1905 The final of Britain's first recorded beauty contest took place in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1922 The BBC began its regular daily news broadcasts. 1970 Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap' reached its 7511th consecutive performance to break the world record for the longest running play General Events 1823 A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is published anonymously. 1834 Hansom cabs were patented by English architect Joseph Hansom. 1937 First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber. 1947 The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories. 1986 The US Voyager plane, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first non-stop flight around the world without refuelling. 1987 The first Scrooge Award by the Low Pay Unit was given to a Wiltshire stable owner who paid a qualified groom £28 a week. A doctor who employed a telephonist for 30 pence an hour was runner up. Both winners received a copy of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as their prize. 1989 The Romanian army announced the capture of deposed Dictator Nicolae Ceaucsescu and his wife Nicole |
