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Born on this Day
1242 Beatrice of England 1328 William Montacute 1726 Thomas Pennant 1870 Erskine Childers 1900 Lord Louis Mountbatten 1903 George Orwell 1913 Cyril Fletcher 1923 Nicholas Mosley 1932 Peter Blake 1939 Clint Warwick 1940 A.J. Quinnell 1941 Roy Marsden 1942 Eddie Large 1945 Carly Simon 1946 Ian McDonald 1961 Ricky Gervais 1962 Phill Jupitus 1963 George Michael 1964 Johnny Herbert 1970 Lucy Benjamin 1973 Jamie Redknapp 1981 Sheridan Smith 1983 Todd Cooper 1986 Megan Burns 1993 Barney Clark Died on this Day 1968 Tony Hancock 1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau Music 1988 Tracy Chapman, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Wet Wet Wet, George Michael, Simple Minds and Whitney Houston were among the stars appearing at Nelson Mandela's birthday party at Wembley Stadium. 1995 Three fans were struck by lightning during a Grateful Dead concert in Washington. Sport 1990 The Republic of Ireland beat Romania 5-4 on penalties after their World Cup match ended 0-0 in extra time. England captain Bryan Robson returned home injured. 1992 During his world championship year, Britain's Nigel Mansell smashed the Silverstone lap record in preparation for the British Grand Prix. People & Showbiz 1982 Ridley Scott's classic science fiction thriller 'Blade Runner', starring Harrison Ford, opened at American cinemas. 1994 Faye Dunaway launched a verbal attack on Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber after he had fired her from his Los Angeles production of 'Sunset Boulevard'. General Events 1776 Captain Cook sailed from Deptford on third voyage in the Resolution with the Discovery 1876 Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer and 264 soldiers of the 7th Cavalry were massacred at the battle of Little Big Horn, Montana, by Sioux Indians led by Chief Sitting Bull. Among his ranks were two of Custer's brothers, his brother-in-law and an 18 year old nephew. The sole survivor of Custer's army was a horse called Comanche. 1983 Chinese-born giant panda Yin Yin gave birth to her 3rd offspring in Mexico City Zoo. It was being called El Pandita until its sex was determined. 1983 Villagers at Rottingdean near Brighton had raised £50,000 to buy the walled garden of Rudyard Kipling's former home to prevent it being developed for housing. 1995 The Portman Group reported in a survey that 3 in 5 people did not know that a drink-driving conviction could carry a prison term of up to 10 years and a quarter did not realise they could face a fine of up to £5,000. 1997 A practice docking went wrong and ended with an unmanned supply ship colliding with the Soviet MIR space station, damaging a solar panel and punched a hole in one of the station's science modules which had to be sealed off as its oxygen leaked into space. 2007 United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire flood including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull. |
