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22nd October
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Photograph by © Zhou Hai
Born on this Day 1811 Franz Liszt 1844 Sarah Bernhardt 1917 Joan Fontaine 1929 Lord (Michael) Birkett 1936 Col. John Blashford-Snell 1938 Christopher Lloyd 1938 Sir Derek Jacobi 1943 Catherine Deneuve 1952 Jeff Goldblum Died On This Day 1806 Thomas Sheraton 1906 Paul Cezanne 1955 Sir Kingsley Amis Music 1960 Roy Orbison began his second week at No.1 with 'Only The Lonely'. 1968 Standing at the top of the singles charts was Mary Hopkins with 'Those Were The Days'. 1969 Bobby Gentry stood at No.1 with 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again'. 1977 Queen entered the UK charts at No.30 with 'We Are the Champions'. 1988 Stock, Aitken & Waterman had a record 6 single in the UK top 30. Sport 1995 Michael Schumacher retained the world driver's championship with a victory at the Japanese Grand Prix. 1997 23 year old featherweight boxing champion Prince Naseem Hammed and former middle weight champion Chris Eubank were involved in a scuffle at Heathrow Airport. People & Showbiz 1883 The Metropolitan Opera House opened in New York. 1931 In Chicago, gangster Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion, the longest sentence ever given for the crime. General Events 1910 Dr Hawley Crippen was convicted and sentenced to hang at the Old Bailey for poisoning his wife Cora. 1962 Nelson Mandela went on trial in South Africa accused of treason. 1964 French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre rejected the Nobel Prize for Literature, saying it would lessen the impact of his writing. 1966 Soviet spy George Blake escaped from Wormwood Scrubbs prison where he was serving a 40 year sentence. 1997 A new portrait of the Queen reflecting her advancing years was announced to have been approved by the Queen and was set to appear on coins from 1998. 2001 The UK prepared for more rain in what was thought to be the worst flood for 20 years.
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