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20th May
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Born on this Day
1799 Honore De Balzac 1851 Emil Berliner 1908 James Stewart 1920 Betty Driver 1942 Lynn Davies 1944 Joe Cocker 1946 Cher 1961 Nick Heyward 1964 Earl Spencer Died on this Day 1506 Christopher Columbus 1996 John Pertwee 2003 Mickie Most Music 1955 Ruth Brown's American hit 'Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean' was banned by the BBC as it suggested wife-beating. 1967 The Who had their first American top 40 hit with 'Happy Jack'. 1970 The Beatles film 'Let It Be' premiered in Britain. Sport 1970 Bobby Charlton scored his ecord 49th goal for England, during the World Cup match against Columbia. 1993 Arsenal won the FA Cup after beating Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 at Wembley. The winning goals were scored by Ian Wright and Andy Lingham. People & Showbiz 1993 The Monsters of Rock concert at Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, was cancelled after it was revealed that none of the top groups would play there. 1993 Mike McCasland from California set a world record by eating 260 prunes in 5 minutes. He went on to say " I'm just a regular guy". General Events 1932 The anniversary of the first woman, Amelia Earhart's solo flight across the Atlantic. 1988 The new Licensing Act allowing pubs to stay open from 11am to 11pm on weekdays received Royal Assent. 1990 Parents marched in Paris demanding the return of the death penalty for child killers. The parents carried pictures of their murdered children. 1991 The Soviet Union passed a new law which allowed its citizens to leave the country of their own free will. 1997 It was announced that all anti-personnel landmines held by the Army were to be destroyed by the year 2005. Their use until then had been suspended and their import , export, transfer and manufacture was also banned. 2000 Tony and Cherie Blair celebrated the birth of their baby son. |
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