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On this day 10th January
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1628 George Villiers 1750 Thomas Erskine 1834 Lord Acton 1933 Anton Rodgers 1944 Frank Sinatra Jr 1945 Rod Stewart 1949 George Foreman 1986 Abigail Clancy Died on this day 1971 Coco Chanel Music 1976 Queen began the year as they ended 1975 as No 1 with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. 1984 Soft Cell played their final concert at the Hammersmith Palais. Sport 1988 Pam Shriver and John Fitzgerald made history as the last players to win the respective singles titles in the NSW tennis championships-one of the oldest grass court tournaments, before it was converted to a hard surface. 1994 In Sheringham, Norfolk, 5 players were badly injured during a friendly match between a Salvation Army side and a team of church workers. People & Showbiz 1985 Sir Clive Sinclair demonstrated his C5 electric car for the first time. 1997 Malcolm Coomber from Surrey, became the 300th Lottery millionaire since it had begun less than 3 years previously. General Events 1810 The marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled. 1840 The Penny Post came into service in Britain, following the efforts of Sir Rowland Hill, inventor of the stamp. 1863 The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station. 1920 The First World War officially came to an end. 1990 Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. |
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