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Born on this Day
1861 Dame Nellie Melba 1874 Gilbert Laird Jessop 1879 Lady Nancy Astor 1909 Nicholas Winton 1890 Ho Chi Minh 1896 Sir Michael Balcon 1925 Malcolm X 1928 Colin Chapman 1932 Alma Cogan 1937 Pat Roach 1939 James Fox 1944 Peter Mayhew 1945 Pete Townsend 1952 Grace Jones 1953 Victoria Wood 1954 Phil Rudd 1963 Yazz 1972 Jenny Berggren 1978 Marcus Bent 1983 Jessica Fox Died on this Day 1536 Anne Boleyn 1935 T.E. Lawrence 1988 Wilberforce (No.10 Downing Street's cat) Music 1956 Britain's skiffle supremo Lonnie Donegan appeared on Perry Como's US TV, before starting a month long second US tour. 1984 Bob Marley topped the album charts for the first time with 'Legend'. Sport 1984 Everton won the FA Cup after beating Watford 2-0 at Wembley. 1990 Viv Richards made the fastest century of the season against Sussex in 95 minutes. The score included 15 fours and 3 sixes. People & Showbiz 1939 'From My Postbag', the first British radio request programme, was presented by Sandy MacPherson. 1940 Winston Churchill made his first broadcast as Prime Minister. 1999 'Star Wars Episode One :The Phantom Menace' was released in American cinemas after already making enough money in merchandise to pay for the $100 million movie. 1999 Professor Andrew Motion was appointed British Poet Laureate, to replace Ted Hughes who died in 1998. Unlike predecessors, Motion was to hold the position for 10 years, instead of life, and be paid £5000 a year instead of £70. General Events 1499 Catherine of Aragon, is married by proxy to Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12. 1536 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest. 1897 Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol. 1962 A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of Happy Birthday. 1988 A gang of apparent 'Yuppie- bashers' attacked and damaged more than 30 expensive cars in Berkshire and Hampshire. 1990 2 Soviet cosmonauts were awaiting an unmanned craft to deliver a ladder to enable them to make repairs. If it failed they would have to wait for a manned rescue flight. Am American space expert said that "... space travel is becoming like public transport. If the bus breaks down you fix it, or wait for another to come along". 1995 Schoolchildren in Wales were accidentally given current GSCE English Literature papers in an exam practice class. 25,000 exam papers had to be scrapped as result. 1997 Cherie Booth QC became the first Prime Minister's wife to sit as a judge as she attended the Mayor's and City of London Court, hearing a case of a worker suing British Aerospace for £7,000 damages over a hernia. 1999 25 year old Martin Jones from Swindon became the first British man to be charged with being drunk in charge of a motorized skateboard. |
