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6th January |
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Born on this day
1367 Richard II of England 1412 Joan of Arc 1714 Percivall Pott 1903 Francis L. Sullivan 1912 Danny Thomas 1913 Loretta Young 1915 Alan Watts 1920 Doris Stokes 1920 John Maynard Smith 1931 P.J. Kavanagh 1934 Sylvia Sims 1932 Sacha Distel 1943 Terry Venables 1946 Syd Barrett 1947 Sandy Denny 1954 Anthony Minghella 1954 Trudie Styler 1955 Rowan Atkinson 1955 Richard Corbett 1956 Angus Deayton 1960 Nigella Lawson 1964 Mark O'Toole 1975 Jason King 1986 Alex Turner Died on this day 1919 Theodore Roosevelt 1990 Ian Charleston Music 1977 The Sex Pistols were dropped by EMI records with a £40,000 pay-off. 1985 An Ethiopian Benefit Concert by reggae artists took place in the Brixton Academy in South London, with appearances by Desmond Dekker, Smiley Culture and Dennis Brown. 1997 The first Crossover Chart was published, featuring The Best Opera Album in The World ....Ever! at number 1. The new chart was to feature albums classed as neither pure pop or truly classical. Sport 1997 It was reported that 24 year old Christine Wiggins had become the first female council member of the English Tiddlywinks Association. The world no.13 was chosen by a secret ballot People & Showbiz 1981 Mark Chapman pleaded insanity to the murder of John Lennon. 1987 The first episode of 'Inspector Morse' was broadcast. The first episode was called 'The Dead of Jericho'. 1993 The first Russian editions of 'Penthouse' magazine was sold out within hours despite costing 3 times the average weekly wage. General Events 1066 Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1540 King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves. 1838 Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph. 1926 The German national airline Lufthansa was founded. 1929 Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. 1938 Austrian pioneer of pyshcoanalysis Sigmund Freud arrived in London, having fled the persecution of the Jews. 1983 The Department of Employment announced a rise in the jobless total in December by 34,000 raising the unemployed figure to more than 3 million. 1991 John Major said that the community charge would not be abolished. |
