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15th January |
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Born on this day
1671 Abraham de la Pryme 1747 John Aikin 1850 Leonard Darwin 1905 Torin Thatcher 1906 Aristotle Onassis 1913 Loyd Bridges 1914 Hugh Trevor-Roper 1921 Frank Thornton 1926 Chuck Berry 1929 Martin Luther King 1933 Frank Bough 1937 Margaret O'Brien 1943 Margaret Beckett 1945 HRH Princess Michael of Kent 1947 Pete Waterman 1955 Nigel Benson 1957 Patrick Dixon 1959 Pete Trewavas 1972 Claudia Winkleman 1978 Ryan Sidebottom 1983 Jermaine Pennant Music 1967 The Rolling Stones sang 'Lets Spend The Night Together', singing instead 'Lets spend Some Time Together' on Ed Sullivan's TV show in the US. 1972 Don McLean's debut hit single 'American Pie' reached No.1 in the US. 1977 David Bowie's album 'Low' was released. Sport 1967 The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 1978 Geoff Boycott became England cricket captain for the first time, taking over from the injured Mike Brearley. 1983 England beat New Zealand by four wickets in the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup. 1983 Liverpool beat West Bromwich Albion by 1 goal to nil, to retain their 10 points lead at the top oft he first division. People & Showbiz 1981 The first episode of US police drama 'Hill street Blues' was broadcast in America. 1985 Bruce Forsyth married 25 yr old Wilnelia Merced, a former Miss World, at a ceremony in New York. General Events 1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London. 1759 The British Museum opens. 1968 20 people were killed as hurricane force winds struck Scotland. 1889 The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta. 1971 The half penny, one penny and two penny coins were issued in Britain. 1973 President Nixon called a halt to the US bombing in Vietnam. 1997 Manchester Airport was given the go-ahead for a second runway to be built. The 10,000 ft runway would create 50,000 new jobs and make the airport the country's second largest. 2001 Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. |
