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12th April |
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Born on this Day
1851 Edward Walter Maunder 1908 Ida Crowe Pollock 1916 Brian Connell 1939 Alan Ayckbourn 1941 Bobby Moore 1947 David Letterman 1947 Tom Clancy 1948 Jeremy Beadle 1950 David Cassidy 1956 Andy Garcia 1958 Will Sergeant 1965 Sean Welch 1967 Sarah Cracknell 1979 Claire Danes 1979 Paul Nicholls Died on this Day 1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1981 Joe Louis Barrow 1989 Sugar Ray Robinson Music 1960 Billy Fury recorded his first album, 'The Sound Of Fury'. 1963 The Beatles released 'From Me To You' in the UK. 1973 The film 'That'll Be The Day' starring David Essex, Ringo Starr and Billy Fury, premierd in London. 1986 George Michael's 'A Different Corner' jumped from No.77 to No 1 on the 12'' singles chart. Sport 1992 The London Marathon saw the closest finish in its 12 year history, with the first 4 runners, led by Antonio Pinto of Portugal, separated by only 8 seconds. 1992 Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest by a goal to nil in the final of the Rumbelows Cup. People & Showbiz 1993 Krankies star Janet Gough announced she was being stalked by a girl midget who had threatened to kill her. 1999 BBC2 screened the 600th edition of 'Ready Steady Cook', with the original chefs Brian Turner and Anthony Worral-Thompson returning and Fern Britton hosting her 600th show. General Events The Union Jack was named Britain's official flag during the reign of James I. 1961 Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space 1988 The National People's Congress of China voted in favour of allowing capitalistic free-enterprise. 1992 Disneyland Paris opened in Marne-La-Vallee, France. 1997 A plot to kill the Pope was uncovered and foiled in Sarajevo just hours before he arrived on a historic visit intended to aid the peace process. |
