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30th December |
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Born on this day
1552 Simon Forman 1678 William Croft 1722 Charles Yorke 1741 Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain 1865 Rudyard Kipling 1906 Carol Reed 1928 Jack Lord 1929 Rosalind Hurley 1937 Gordon Banks 1939 Del Shannon 1928 Bo Diddley 1934 Russ Tamblyn 1942 Mike Nesmith 1942 Guy Edwards 1945 Davy Jones 1947 Jeff Lynne 1957 Rod Harrington 1959 Tracey Ullman 1969 Jay Kay 1975 Tiger Woods 1983 Joe Thomas 1986 Ellie Goulding 1988 Leon Jackson Died on this day 1916 Rasputin 1970 Sonny Liston Music 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Piratesof Penzance' was performed for the first time in Devon 1948 Cole Porter's 'Kiss Me Kate' was performed for the first time in New York 1986 Holding onto the No. 1 position in the UK was Jackie Wilson with 'Reet Petite (The Sweetest Feeling) Sport 1991 Sunderland Football Club dismissed Denis Smith as manager People & Showbiz 1983 News At 10' presenter Alastair Burnet was awarded a knighthood in the New Years honours list 1991 81 year old Mother Teresa was seriuosly ill in a California hospital following a heart attack 1992 Entertainer Leslie Crowther was awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours List. Disc Jockey Jimmy Young, Anthony Hopkinsand Kate Adie were also awarded General Events 1460 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1853 A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London. 1887 A petition addressed to Queen Victoria with the signatures of over 1 million women appealing for public houses to be shut on Sundays, was handed to the Home Secretary 1922 Russia officially became the Union of Soviet Socilaist Republics 1932 The London to Brighton line was electrified, with the Southern Belle becoming the Brighton Belle 1965 Ferdinand Marcos was sworn in as the 6th President of the Phillipines |
