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On this day 2nd March
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1904 Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr Seuss) 1923 Cardinal Basil Hume 1950 Karen Carpenter 1931 Mikhail Gorbachev 1943 Lou Reed 1943 Tony Meehan 1949 J P R Williams 1958 Ian Woosnam 1962 Jon Bon Jovi Died On This Day 1930 D.H. Lawrence 1939 Howard Carter 1990 Randolph Scott Music 1958 Buddy Holly & The Crickets sang 3 songs on TV's 'Sunday Night At The London Palladium'. 1968 An advert in the NME claimed that singer/songwriter Elton John was 1968's 'greatest new talent'. 1983 Compact discs were officially launched in the UK. Sport 1949 US aviator Captain James Gallagher and crew of 13 completed the first non-stop round-the-world flight in Lucky Lady II from Fort Worth in Texas. 1983 Liverpool lost by 2 goals to 0 in the first leg of the European Cup quarter-final against Widzew in Poland. 1994 Just days after competing in Norway, Jayne Torvil and Christopher Dean announced that they would not compete in the World Championships in Tokyo and were retiring from competeive skating. People & Showbiz 1990 English actor Strtaford Johns and his actress wife Nanette were awarded libel damages after allegations made in the Sun & the News of the World that they had assaulted their children. General Events 1958 Vivien Fuchs, with a party of 12, completed the first crossing of the Antartic, having covered 2,158 miles in 99 days. 1985 It was reported that during the Indian state elections, 14 candidates were killed and over 400 were injured. 1989 English heritage announced that Stonehenge would be closed to th public during summer solstice to the public to prevent disorder. In the previous year 1,300 Wiltshire police escorted 5,000 new age travellers from the area. 1989 Former police officer David Pursall from Bristol was posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal. He was killed while tackling a gunman. |
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