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4th January |
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Born on this day
1643 Sir Isaac Newton 1785 Jakob Grimm 1809 Louis Braille 1813 Sir Isaac Pitman 1914 Jane Wyman 1935 Floyd Patterson 1937 Dyan Cannon 1947 Rick Stein 1956 Bernard Sumner 1960 Michael Stipe 1962 Martin McAloon 1986 James Milner Died on this day 1965 T. S. Eliot 1967 Donald Campbell 1986 Phil Lynott Music 1978 Ozzy Osbourne rejoined Black Sabbath for a temporary reunion 1979 Hamburg's Star Club re-opened 1981 The Boomtown Rats began a UK tour at the Gaumont in Southampton Sport 1892 Erika Rowe showed more than a little front when she streaked across the pitch during the rugby match between England and Australia at Twickenham People & Showbiz 1993 Terry Wogan returned to his breakfast slot on Radio 2 after a 9 year break General Events 871 Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army 1642 King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war 1884 The Fabian Society is founded in London 1912 The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter 1973 At a celebration at Christie's auction rooms, Prime Minister Edward Heath was accused of being a traitor by a middle-aged woman who subsequently attempted to make a citizen's arrest 1988 Indian moustache growing champion Karni Bheel, with a tache measuring 7ft 10 inches, had been found decapitated in west Rajasthan City, an area where competition to grow the most luxuriant moustache was fierce 1992 9 year old Kieran Wiffin from Newark, who had lauched a balloon with his name and address on it, had become pen-pals with a radio producer in Copenhagen who had found it, 600 miles from where it had been released 2007 The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history |
