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Born on this Day
1443 Lady Margaret Beaufort 1838 Henry Sidgwick 1860 Walter Sickert 1863 Francis Younghusband 1872 Heath Robinson 1894 Fred Allen 1902 Billy Mayerl 1905 Florence Desmond 1908 Don Ameche 1912 Alfred Deller 1922 Denholm Elliott 1930 Clint Eastwood 1938 John Prescott 1939 Terry Waite 1947 Junior Campbell 1948 John Bonham 1948 Lynda Bellington 1950 Tom Berenger 1960 Peter Winterbottom 1964 DMC 1965 Brooke Shields 1977 Debbie King 1977 Joel Ross 1977 June Sarpong 1983 Reggie Yates Died on this Day 1971 Audie Murphy 1983 Jack Dempsey 1994 Sidney Gilliatt Music 1997 Sir Paul McCartney scored his 81st gold disc with his 'Flaming Pie' album, beating his own world record for the number of gold discs for one artist. 1986 Peter Gabriel's 'So' album entered the charts at No.1. Sport 1984 WEst Indian cricketer Viv Richards scored 189 not out against England, the highest ever ine day innings. 1989 Following his defeat by Jim McDonnell, Barry McGuigan announced his retirement from boxing. People & Showbiz 1279 BC Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 1678 The Godiva procession through Coventry begins. 1929 The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released. 1938 'Spelling Bee' the BBC's first panel game was broadcast. 1957 Playwright Arthur Miller was convicted for contempt of Congress for refusing to name possible Communist supporters. 1998 Geri Halliwell, also known as 'Ginger Spice' confirmed she was leaving the group. General Events 1578 Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London. 1859 Big Ben began telling the time. 1884 Arrival at Plymouth of Tawhiao, King of Maoris, to claim protection of Queen Victoria 1902 The Boer War came to an end. 1911 The RMS Titanic was launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. 1927 The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles. 1993 American President Clinton was booed by Vietnam veterans at a memorial honouring the 55,000 American servicemen who died in the war. Clinton had allegedly dodged the call-up for the conflict. |
