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12th December |
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Born on this day
1907 Jean Anderson 1915 Frank Sinatra 1929 John Osborne 1932 Lionel Blair 1938 Connie Francis 1941 Dionne Warwick 1959 Jasper Conran 1960 Tracy Austin 1965 Will Carling Music 1955 Bill Haley and the Comets recorded their classic 'See You Later Alligator'.. 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 year old cousin Myra Brown in Mississippi. 1969 'The Trouble With Girls', Elvis Presley's 30th moviewas released. 1981 The Human League reached No.1 with 'Don't You Want Me'. Sport 1982 Champion decathlete Daley Thompson was presented with BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. 1991 World No 2 Steve Davis beat Stephen Hendry by nine frames to two in the semi-final of the Coalite World Matchplay championship in Doncaster. People & Showbiz 1913 The Mona Lisa, which had been stolen from the Louvre in 1911, was recovered from its hiding place in the bedroom of a small hotel in Florence, 3 people were arrested . 1978 The first World Disco Dancing Championships were held in London and won by Japan's Takaaki Dan. General Events 1626 The Charterhouse Founder's Day Dinner became the first recorded school reunion. 1931 Hitler told British and American journalists that he was a democrat. 1955 British engineer Christopher Cockerell patented the hovercraft. 1989 The Italian government announced that after the Christmas holidays the Leaning Tower of Pisa was to be closed to the public over fears that the tower could topple |
