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On this day 23rd November |
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Born on this Day
1417 William FitzAlan 1616 John Wallis 1705 Thomas Birch 1859 William J Bonney( Billy the Kid) 1887 Boris Karloff 1887 Henry Moseley 1909 Nigel Tranter 1913 Michael Gough 1914 Roger Avon 1924 Colin Macmillan Turnbull 1928 Jerry Bock 1936 Robert Barnard 1939 Betty Everett 1943 Sue Nicholls 1945 Keith Hampshire 1946 Diana Quick 1948 Frank Worthington 1949 Sandra Stevens 1951 David Rappaport 1954 Ross Brawn 1956 Shane Gould 1959 Maxwell Caulfield 1963 Joe Ahearne 1968 Kirsty Young 1970 Zoe Ball 1978 Kayvan Novak 1979 Kelly Brook 1986 Gia Johnson Died On This Day 1979 Merle Oberon 1990 Roald Dahl 2001 Mary Whitehouse Music 1889 The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. 1915 The famous First World War song 'Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag' was published by Welsh brothers 1956 Bill Haley was voted the 'World's Outstanding Vocal Personality' in an NME poll, with ElvisPresley in 2nd place. Presley also came runner up to Frank Sinatra in the 'World's Most Outstanding Singer' category 1968 Marvin Gaye's classic track 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' entered the US Top 40 Sport 1987 Formula 1 racing driver Nigell Mansell joined the Isle of Man's 50-strong constabulary 1988 Sumo champion Chionofuji, known as the Wolf, became only the 5th wrestler in history to win 50 matches in a row People & Showbiz 1889 The world's first Jukebox was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco 1963 Dr Who was broadcast by the BBC for the first time, with William Hartnell playing the lead role General Events 1499 Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England. 1667 32 year old Arthur Coga, for the sum of £1, became the first recorded British blood transfusion patient. 'In the interests of scientific inquiry' he received 12oz of sheep's blood with no apparent ill-effects 1852 Britain's first pillar-boxes were brought into public use in St.Helier, Jersey. 1910 Dr Hawley Crippen was executed in Holloway prison, London for the murder of his wife, Cora 1936 Fluroscent lighting was used commercially for the first time at a dinner in Washington to mark the centenary of the US Patent Office 1979 Thomas McMahon was jailed for life in Dublin for the murder of Lord Mountbatten 1984 According to a survey by Lyons, Tetley tea still remained Britain's favourite hot drink. 1993 Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year. |
