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8th January |
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Born on this day
1823 Alfred Russel Wallace 1824 Wilkie Collins 1891 Storm Jameson 1897 Dennis Wheatley 1908 William Hartnell 1911 Tom Delaney 1923 Johnny Wardle 1924 Ron Moody 1927 Charles Tomlinson 1934 Roy Kinnear 1935 Elvis Presley 1937 Dame Shirley Bassey 1941 Graham Chapman 1942 Professor Stephen Hawking 1945 Terry Sylvester 1946 Robbie Krieger 1947 David Bowie 1951 John McTiernan 1961 Keith Arkell 1961 Calvin Smith 1969 R Kelly 1973 Mark Knight Died on this day 1941 Lord Baden-Powell 1990 Terry Thomas 1991 Steve Clark Music 1966 The Kinks and The Who appeared on the last edition of America's top television show, 'Shindig'. 1973 The Beach Boys album Holland and Yoko Ono's album Approximately Infinite Universe were both released. 1985 Elvis Presley stamps were issued by the post office to commemorate his 50th Birthday. Sport 1997 19 hours after take-off, Richard Branson and the crew of 'Virgin challenger' were forced to abandon their around-the-world balloon flight attempt. A loss of helium caused the balloon to return to earth in the Algerian desert People & Showbiz 1989 The first episode of 'Poirot', starring David Suchet, was broadcast on British television. 1991 President Bush collapsed from gastric flu during a state banquet in Tokyo. Struggling to his feet minutes later he remarked 'I just wanted to get a little attention'. General Events 871 Alfred the Great leads a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings. 1746 Second Jacobite Rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. 1790 George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address in New York City. 1806 Cape Colony becomes a British colony. 1921 Lloyd George became the first Prime Minister to occupy the Chequers country mansion in Buckinghamshire donated to the nation by Lord Fee of Fareham. 1940 Food rationing began in Britain. 1959 Charles de Gaulle was installed as the president of the French Republic. 1984 In Melbourne, the world's first test tube quadruplets were all breathing after the last one was taken off oxygen. 1988 The New York stock exchange suffered its third biggest plunge in history. 2004 The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. |
