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Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 4BU
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26th December
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Born on this day
1891 Henry Miller 1893 Mao Tse-Tung 1927 Denis Quilley 1914 Richard Widmark 1921 Steve Allen 1930 Donald Moffat 1940 Phil Spector 1944 Jane Lapatoire Music 1956 Conway Twitty reached the top of the UK singles chart with 'Its Only Make Believe' knocking Lord Rockingham's XI off the Number 1 position 1968 Sitting at the top of the charts for the UK Christmas No.1 were The Scaffold with 'Lily The Pink' while in the US Marvin Gaye was No. 1 with 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' 1988 Michael Jackson's 'Moonwalker' movie was released in Britain Sport 1908 Jack Johnson became the firstcoloured boxer to win the world heavyweight title when he knocked out Tommy Burns in the 14th round of their fight in Sydney, Australia 1935 The League game between Tranmere Rovers and Oldham Athletic at Preston Park produced a record total of goals, ending a 13-4 victory for Tranmere 1990 27 year old Gary Kaparov retained the world chess championship over his Soviet rival Anatoly Karpov People & Showbiz 1717 The first English pantomime 'Harlequin Executed' was presented by John Rich at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London 1969 A BBC poll named Harold Wilson 'Man of the Decade' with Enoch Powell lying in second 1997 Spiceworld:The Movie' went on general release General Events 1959 The first recorded charity walk took place, along the Icknield Way, in aid of the World Refugee Fund 1992 Clive Budgen from Fairford, Gloucestershire, coaxed his dog into the arms of a recuer who held a walkie-talkie after it fell forty foot down a cliff near Ilfracombe, Devon |
