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Born on this Day
1826 Carlo Collodi 1849 Frances Burnett 1864 Henri De Toulouse Lautrec 1888 Cathleen Nesbitt 1894 Herbert Sutcliffe 1915 Helen Cherry 1942 Billy Connolly 1955 Ian Botham 1958 Carmel Died On This Day 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald 1990 Dodie Smith 1991 Freddie Mercury Music 1963 Standing at the top of the charts were Gerry and the Pacemakers with 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. 1977 Abba were holding on to No.1 with 'Name of the Game'. 1990 The Righteous Brothers had 3 different 'Greatest Hits' albums on the US chart on 3 different labels. Sport 1991 In a battle of the ages, young tennis star Monica Seles beat Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0, in the final of the Virginia Slims tournament at Madison Square Garden. 1991 Leeds United beat Aston Villa by 4 goals to 1 to leap to the top of the first division table , 1 point ahead of nearest contenders Manchester United. People & Showbiz 1859 Charles Darwin published his controversial 'Origin of the Species' 1962 Satirical television programme 'That Was The Week That Was' known as TW3, was broadcast by the BBC for the first time, presented by an unknown Davd Frost, with material from an unknown John Cleese. 1983 Mother Teresa was presented with the insignia of the Order of Merit by the Queen in the grounds of the Presidential Palace in New Delhi. General Events 1642 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen's land- later renamed Tasmania in 1853. 1965 The government introduced an experimental 70mph speed limit on motorways in England. 1973 Aborigines were granted the vote by the Australian government. 1993 11 year olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were convicted of the child murder of 2 year old James Bulger of Livepool
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