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24th April |
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Born on this Day
1882 Lord (Hugh) Dowding 1905 Robert Penn Warren 1959 Paula Yates 1924 Sir Clement Freud 1934 Shirley MacLaine 1940 Chris Kelly 1941 John Williams 1942 Barabara Streisand 1952 Jean-Paul Gaultier 1954 Captain Sensible 1957 David J, Boris Williams, 1962 Stuart Pearce, 1965 Alison Davey, 1973 Gabby Logan, Lee Westwood, Died on this Day 1731 Daniel Defoe 1986 Duchess of Windsor 1990 Charlie Wilson Music 1961 Young folk singer/harmonica player Bob Dylan recorded as a session musician on Harry Belafonte's 'Midnight Special' album 1964 American folk singer Joan Baez refused to pay 60% of her income tax in protest against US military expenditure 1974 David Bowie's album 'Diamond Dogs' was released in America Sport 1992 Indiana's Supreme Court unanimously refused to release Mike Tyson on bail, pending his appeal against a rape conviction People & Showbiz 1995 Chris Evans took over as host of Radio 1's breakfast show General Events 1900 In London, the first edition of the Daily Express newspaper went on sale 1949 Sweet rationing ended in Britain. 1975 Unemployment in Britain passed the million mark after a monthly increase of 124,000 put the total up to 1,012,949, the highest increase since the second world war. 1992 Mohammed Channa, a 39 year old civil servant from Pakistan, was officially recorded as the world's tallest man at 7ft 6.5 ins 2005 Snuppy, the world's first cloned dog, is born in South Korea. |
