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Born on this Day
1682 Bartholomew Roberts 1718 Robert Darcy 1749 Edward Jenner 1768 Caroline of Brunswick 1888 Tich Freeman 1911 Maureen O'Sullivan 1935 Dennis Potter 1919 Birgit Nilsson 1936 Dennis Hopper 1949 Bill Bruford 1955 Debra Winger 1956 Sue Carpenter 1956 Sugar Ray Leonard 1958 Paul Whitehouse 1958 Paul Di'Anno 1961 Enya 1962 Craig Ferguson 1971 Jordan Knight 1974 Andrea Corr Died on this Day 1510 Sandro Botticelli 1727 Catherine I 2002 Norman Vaughan Music 1970 The disco movie 'Thank God Its Friday' premiered in Los Angeles. 1980 Peter Criss left top US rock group Kiss and was replaced by Eric Carr. 1986 The Self Aid concert took place in Dublin starring Bob Geldof, U2, The Pogues, Van Morisson and Elvis Costello. Sport 1984 Poland became the 10th team to announce that they would not take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. 1992 Nigell Mansell won the San Marino Grand Prix to become the first Formula One driver in history to win the opening 5 races of a season. 1997 Chelsea beat Middlesborough 2-0 in the FA cup final with the first goal, from Robert Di Matteo, coming just 43 seconds after kick-off, the fastest goal in an FA Cup final. The final also broke a record by being watched live by 148 countries, the largest domestic money-spinning event in British history. People & Showbiz 1978 Having been stolen more than 2 months earlier, Charlie Chaplin's coffin was found 10 miles from its original cemetry in Switzerland. 1999 The 8 month marriage of Scary Spice Mel B and dancer Jimmy Gulzar looked to be in trouble as the pair admitted to be living in separate wings of their mansion. General Events 1590 Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland. 1673 The Mississippi River was discovered. 1792 24 merchants met and agreed to trade with each other with a uniform rate of commission, thereby founding the New York Stock Exchange on 70 Wall Street. 1915 The last British Liberal Party government (Herbert Henry Asquith) falls. 1984 Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture. 1992 Texan billionaire Ross Perot, defeated President Bush and Bill Clinton in a weekend poll, leading speculators to believe he could become an official candidate. 1993 Indian Shridhar Chillal who had the world's longest fingernails was to cut them for the first time in 40 years to sell the 47 inch clippings to a collector for £130,000. 1995 The Boxgrove man recently found in a Sussex gravel pit was found to be half a million years old and was over 6 feet tall. 1997 Leslie Anne Nelson, a woman who became a man 4 years ago, became the first transexual to go on death row in American history after being found guilty of killing 2 police officers in April 1995. 1999 31 year old Ricky Austin opened the first hotel for teddy bears in Taunton, Somerset, with prices starting at 50p per night. |
