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Born on this Day
570 Muhammed 1452 Leonardo Da Vinci 1822 Frederick Law Olmstead 1886 Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey 1917 I.M Pei 1926 David Coleman 1927 Jack Douglas 1938 Duane Eddy 1956 Koo Stark 1960 Roger Taylor 1981 Ms. Dynamite 1982 Jon Lee Died on this Day 1976 Sid James 1989 Lucille Ball 1999 Jill Dando Music 1964 The NME Poll-winners Concert took place at Wembley, featuring many top names including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cliff Richard..... 1988 Mick Jagger was acquitted of plagiarism after Patrick Alley, a little-known reggae singer, claimed that Jagger's hit 'Just Another Night' was a copy of one of his own songs. Sport 1947 The FA Cup Final between Burnley and Charlton Athletic was the first to be televised from beginning to end, with Charlton winning by a single goal to nil. 1992 Leeds United beat Sheffield United by 3 goals to 2 to win the First Division League championship. People & Showbiz 1992 Roy Castle and a number of celebrities including Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbens and Jon Pertwee helped set a world record for aerobic dancing in an event hoped to raise £1million for the Royal Marsden Charity Appeal. 1997 Prince Edward risked the wrath of his mother when his television company produced a new quiz show called 'Glam Slam' which made several jokes and comments about the Royal family and the queen in particular. General Events 1921 The first motor cycle police went on duty in London. 1923 The Duke of York, who later became King George VI, married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey. 1986 The world's worst nuclear disaster occurred when an explosion ripped the top from the Chernobyl power station in Russia. 1992 A ceremony was held in Hyde Park,attended by the Chief Rabbi, to honour the 6 million Jews murdered in the holocaust. 1997 British farmers faced huge water supply cuts in a move to combat another summer drought Spokesmen warned that such cuts would cost millions of pounds worth of ruined crops and would result in price increases of British prodice in shops. |
