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Born on this Day
1889 Sir Charles Chaplin 1918 Spike Milligan 1939 Dusty Springfield 1943 Ruth Madoc 1943 Gerry Rafferty 1963 Jimmy Osmond 1963 Nick Berry 1970 Gabrielle Sabatini 1972 Conchita Martinez Died on this Day 1850 Madam Tussaud 2001 Alec Stock Music 1956 Buddy Holly's first single 'Blue Day Black Knights' was released. 1963 Russian pianist Vladimir Askenazy was granted political asylum in the UK. 1972 The Electric Light Orchestra performed their first live show in Croydon. 1988 Stock, Aitken & Waterman won the Ivor Novello Award as Top Singwriters Of The Year. 1990 The Nelson Mandela- An international tribute To A Free South Africa concert took place at Wembley, with an appearance by Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie. Sport 1990 The West Indies beat England by an innings and 32 runs to win the 5th and final Test, winning the series 2-1 with 2 matches drawn. People & Showbiz 1995 Research revealed that Britons watched more television than any other western European country. 1997 Veteran actor Lord Attenborough joined Tony Blair on the election trail and said that he would leave the country if Labour lost the General Election in May. General Events 1883 Paul Kruga became President of South Africa. 1953 The Royal Yacht Britannia was launched. 1964 West German Geraldine Monk became the first woman to complete a solo flight around the world. 1989 Hogh Edelenau set a new world record by driving the 911 miles from John O'Groats to Land's End in a custom-built turbo-charged JCB digger in 35 hours to raise money for construction accident victims. 1993 Farmer Fred Martin from Bellingham, Northumberland burnt his home down rather than pay his £410 council tax bill. He had been living in a wooden cabin without water, power or a toilet. |
