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On this day 2nd February
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Born on this day
1650 Nell Gwynne 1882 James Joyce 1920 Hughie Green 1933 Les Dawson 1940 David Jason 1944 Sir Andrew Davies 1944 Geoffrey Hughes 1947 Farah Fawcett 1951 Ken Bruce 1962 Garth Brooks 1976 James Hickman Died on this day 1979 Sid Vicious 1995 Fred Perry 1996 Gene Kelly Music 1963 The Beatles supported Helen Shapiro at The Gaumont Theatre in Bradford. 1967 The Bee Gees returned to Ringland from Australia where they had emigrated. 1978 Van Halen signed to Warner Brothers. 1985 Foreigner topped the US singles chart with their rock ballad 'I Want To Know What Love Is'. Sport 1952 A club-record 61905 spectators attended Liverpool's FA Cup match with Wolverhampton Wanderers. 1991 In the 5 Nations Rugby Tournament, Scotland beat Ireland 21-13. People & Showbiz 1993 The Queen was set to sue The Sun newspaper after it published her traditional festive message 2 days early. 1995 The German yoghurt company Muller, sacked Joanna Lumley, the star of TV's 'Absolutely Fabulous' because she felt she was too old for its commercials. General Events 1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. 1709 Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. 1848 California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese emigrants arrives in San Francisco, California. 1901 Queen Victoria's funeral takes place. 1986 34 people died during blizzards and freezing weather that swept across much of western Europe. 1988 Several protestors abseiled into the House of Lords in demonstration of the controversial clause 28 of the Local Government Bill which forbids local councils from promoting homosexuality. 1990 Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major announced that in 1991, 1p and 2p coins would be made from copper-plated steel instead of bronze. |
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