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Born on this Day
1633 James II of England and VII of Scotland 1644 William Penn 1712 George Grenville 1726 Charles Middleton 1882 Charlie Parker 1890 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1919 Veronica Lake 1927 Roger Moore 1939 Ralph Lauren 1940 Sir Cliff Richard 1940 Christopher Timothy 1945 Colin Hodgkinson 1946 Justin Hayward 1960 Steve Cram 1965 Steve Coogan 1968 Matthew Le Tissier 1978 Steven Thompson Died On This Day 1066 King Harold 1977 Bing Crosby 2002 Irving Davies Music 1955 Jimmy Young made his first appearance as a disc jockey on 'Housewives'. 1961 Helen Shapiro reached No. 1 with 'Walkin' Back To Happiness'. Sport 1878 The first floodlit football match was played at Bramhall Lane, Sheffield. 1964 Mary Rand won Britain's first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympic Games for the long-jump. 2009 Honduras is qualified to the World Cup of 2010 after 27 years of absence. People & Showbiz 1926 The first 'Winnie The Pooh' book was published. 1957 Queen Elizabeth II's first television broadcast was a telerecording of her address to the Canadians. 1996 Madonna gave birth to her daughter, Lourdes Maria. General Events 1066 The Battle of Hastings took place on Senlac Hill, near Pevensey, during which the English army was routed and King Harold was killed. 1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence. 1869 Britain's first Bungalow was completed and occupied in Westgate-On-Sea, Kent. 1912 Theodore Roosevelt was shot and seiously wounded by an insane man in an assassination attempt in Milwaukee. 1926 Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is first published. 1944 Erwin Rommel, Commander of the German Afrika Corps, committed suicide. 1944 British troops liberated Athens. 1968 Euston station was opened. 1969 The 50 pence decimal coin was issued in Britain. |
