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Born on this Day
1888 Maurice Chevalier 1912 Chuck Jones 1913 Jesse Owens 1931 Sir Ian Holm 1937 Wesley Hall 1941 Linda Gray 1944 Barry White 1957 Donny Osmond 1957 Rachel Ward Died On This Day 1977 Steve Biko 1986 Raymond Burr 1994 Frank Corder Music 1965 'Satisfaction' by The Rolling Stones stood at No.1 on the British charts. 1981 'The Birdie Song' by the Tweets entered the UK singles chart. 1998 All Saints scored their 3rd UK No.1 single with 'Boote Call'. 1999 The Vengaboys went to No.1 in the UK chart with 'We're Going To Ibiza'. Sport 1936 Fred Perry beat Donald Budge to become the first non-American to win the US tennis championship with a whitewash. People & Showbiz 1908 Winston Churchill married Clementine Hozier in London. 1966 The first episode of 'The Monkees', starring the American pop group was broadcast on US TV. 1978 The first episode of the US sitcom 'Taxi' was broadcast on US TV. General Events 1624 The world's first submarine, designed by Cornelius Drebbel, was successfully tested in the Thames. 1919 Adolf Hitler made his first address as the new leader of the German Worker's Party, later known as the Nazi Party. 1941 The Battle of Leningrad began . 1971 Thieves tunnelled into the vaults of a London branch of Lloyd's bank and stole £500,000. 1994 American pilot Frank Corder died as he crashed his stolen single-engine Cessna aircraft into the South Lawn of the White House. The wreckage came to rest against the executive mansion.
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