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12th January |
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Born on this day
1729 Edmund Burke 1786 Sir Robert Inglis 1852 Joseph Joffre 1896 Tommy Handley 1916 William Pleeth 1932 Des O'Connor 1933 Michael Aspel 1934 Mick Sullivan 1937 Shirley Eaton 1941 Long John Baldry 1944 Joe Frazier 1948 Anthony Andrews 1948 William Nicholson 1955 Kirsty Alley 1960 Oliver Platt 1964 Clare Holman 1965 Mark Moore 1968 Heather Mills 1974 Melanie Chisholm 1986 Gemma Arterton 1986 Kieron Richardson 1991 Pixie Lott Died on this day 1897 Sir Isaac Pitman 1976 Dame Agatha Christie Music 1963 Bob Dylan took part in a BBC radio play 'The Madhouse On Castle Street', performing 'Blowin' In The Wind' and 'Swan On The River'. 1965 US pop television series 'Hullabaloo' received its first showing- appearing were Gerry and the Pacemakers and The Zombies. 1991 Milli Vanilli's Canadian Grammy Award, the Juno, for Best International Artist was taken away from them following the scandal that declared that they had not sung on any of their tracks. Sport 1992 Leeds United returned to the top of the Barclays league First Division in some style with a 6 goals to 1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday. People & Showbiz 1997 The first episode of the cult cartoon series 'King of the Hill' by Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge, was broadcast on American television. General Events 1866 The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. 1895 The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom. 1906 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election. 1967 It was announced that Britain's largest new town was to be built on 22,000 acres of rural Buckinghamshire and called Milton Keynes. 1983 31 year old Soviet official Vladimir Chernov was expelled from Britain for espionage. 1988 A family driven from their home in Berkshire by the behaviour of the Windsor chapter of Hells Angels who moved in next door were awarded £23,632 damages in the High court. 1991 United Nations secretary-general Javier Perez de Cuellar flew to Baghdad on what was seen as a last-ditch attempt to prevent war in the Gulf. 1998 Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. 2004 The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. 2010 The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing at least 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince. |
