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Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 4BU
Tel: 01753 852904
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17th December
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Born on this day
1927 Robert Robinson 1934 Karl Denver 1936 Tommy Steele 1937 Kerry Packer 1943 Dave Dee 1944 Bernard Hill 1945 Christopher Cazanove 1947 Simon Bates 1973 Paula Radcliffe Music 1892 'The Nutcracker' was performed for the first time at St. Petersburg with music by Tchaikovsky and danced by the Russian Imperial Ballet. 1954 Bill Haley and the Comets entered the UK singles chart with 'Shake Rattle and Roll'. 1964 Georgie Fame entered the UK charts with future number one 'Yeh, Yeh'. 1971 David Bowie's 'Hunky Dory' LP was released in the US, his first album to be released there. Sport 1903 At Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, Orville Wright made the first successful controlled flight in a powered aircraft. 1967 Greengrocer Alec Rose completed a 14,500 mile lone voyage from Britain to Australia People & Showbiz 1843 Charles Dickens published 'A Christmas Carol'. 1989 The first complete episode of 'The Simpsons' was broadcast on American television. The episode was called 'The Simpsons Christmas Special: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire' General Events 1897 The first radio transmission at sea occurred when a signal was sent from Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight to the steamer 'Solent' in the Solent. 1954 The British Petroleum company was formed. 1986 Mrs Davina Thompson made medical history when she became the first person in the world to be given new heart, lungs and liver, at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. 1991 The Fun House on Blackpool's pleasure beach was destroyed by fire, causing an estimated £10million damage. |
