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Born on this Day
1710 William Talbot 1905 Henry Fonda 1913 Woody Herman 1919 Liberace 1921 Harry Carey Jnr 1923 Peter Underwood 1926 Ronald Podrow 1936 Roy Hudd 1945 Nicky Chinn 1946 Robert Fripp 1948 Judy Finnigan 1948 Judy Finnegan 1951 Christian Lacroix 1952 Pierce Brosnan 1955 Debra Winger 1958 Glenn Gregory 1964 Lenny Kravitz 1966 Janet Jackson 1970 Gabriela Sabatini 1971 Rachel Goswell 1978 David Ford 1990 Thomas Sangster Died On This Day 1703 Charles Perrault 1990 Sammy Davis Jnr 1990 Jim Henson Music 1969 Pete Townsend was arrested after assaulting an undercover New York policeman on stage at a WHO concert. The officer had rushed onto stage to warn the audience that the building next door was on fire, but when he tried to grab Roger Daltrey's microphone Townsend thought he was a lunatic and kicked him in the groin. 1987 Dave Crosby and Graham Nash were both married at a double wedding at Nash's Californian home. Sport 1992 26 year old London flyweight Colin McMillan took the WBO title from Italy's Maurizio Styecca at Alexandra Palace, North London. 1992 1500 metre runner Peter Elliot won the Grampian Mile at Aberdeen, quashing stories that an Achilles injury had threatened his career. People & Showbiz 1770 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France. 1929 The Oscars were first presented in Hollywood. 1991 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress. 1999 At the first British Soap Oscars in London, 'Coronation Street' won the award for Best Soap, Ross Kemp won Best Actor for his portrayal of Grant Mitchell in 'Eastenders' and Barbara Windsor won Best Actress for the role of his mother Peggy Mitchell. 1999 The charity premier of the long awaited 'Star Wars' prequel 'Episode One': The Phantom Menace' was held in Los Angeles and received mixed reactions. General Events 1938 The Women's Voluntary Service was inaugurated in Britain by the Marchioness of Reading. It did not receive its Royal title until 1966. 1943 19 Lancaster bombers, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, breached the German Mohne, Eder and Scorpe Dams, using special bouncing bombs in the famous Dam Busters raid. 1952 British Parliament voted in favour of equal pay for women. 1983 Kenneth Livingstone, leader of the Greater London Council, accused newspapers of portraying him as a 'raving lunatic'. 1983 Police in London began fitting wheel clamps to illegally parked vehicles for the first time. 1989 Around half a million people crowded into Beijing's Tiananmen Square in a rally calling for democracy. 1989 The European Community introduced a directive which required tobacco manufacturers to inform the public of the dangers of smoking with new, hard-hitting messages printed on cigarette packets. 1990 Britain was among 34 countries which signed a declaration to fight global warming. 1991 Edith Cresson was appointed France's first woman Prime Minister. |
