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17th January |
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Born on this day
1612 Thomas Fairfax 1712 John Stanley 1814 Mrs. Henry Wood 1820 Anne Bronte 1863 David Lloyd George 1871 David Earl Beatty 1881 Harry Price 1886 Ronald Firbank 1899 Nevil Shute 1899 Al Capone 1918 Keith Joseph 1928 Vidal Sassoon 1942 Muhammad Ali 1949 Mick Taylor 1956 Paul Young 1957 Keith Chegwin 1957 Paul Merton 1957 Steve Harvey 1964 Andy Rourke 1967 Richard Hawley 1969 Naveen Andrews 1971 Richard Burns 1989 Hollie-Jay Bowes Died on this day 2001 Auberon Waugh Music 1969 Led Zeppelin, previously known as the New Yardbirds, released their first album under their new name. 1970 The Doors recorded their 'Absolutely Live' album at the Felt Forum in Los Angeles. 1972 Slade played the Croydon Top Rank. Sport 1933 During the third test between England and Adelaide, the MCC at Lords received a telegram from the Australian Cricket Board stating that body-line bowling was endangering Australian batsmen and if continued might jeopardize relations between the two countries. People & Showbiz 1989 The Air Accident Investigation Bureau revealed that the helicopter crash in Gloucs that nearly killed Mike Smith and Sarah Greene was not caused by engine failure. Smith did not receive any information about the landing site or the dangerous trees surrounding it. 1993 The Smith and Wesson gun that killed Jesse James in 1882 was to be auctioned in Lewes, Sussex. It was expected to fetch at least £60,000. General Events 1648 England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War. 1773 Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle. 1852 The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal. 1912 Sir Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. 1966 The price of a loaf of bread increased by one penny, putting the average cost up to 15 and a 1/2 penny. 1977 A 10 year suspension of capital punishment came to an end in the US when double murderer Gary Gilmore was executed by a firing squad at the Utah State prison. 1998 Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report. |
