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On this day 6th April
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Born on this Day
1866 Butch Cassidy 1884 Walter Huston 1906 Sir John Betjemin 1929 Andre Previn 1938 Paul Daniels 1943 Max Clifford 1947 John Ratzenberger 1952 Marilu Henner 1961 Rory Bremner 1978 Myleene Klass 1983 James Wade 1987 Levi Porter Died on this Day 1520 Raphael 1961 Jules Bordet 1998 Tammy Wynette Music 1974 Genesis' first single 'I Know What I Like in Your Wardrobe', entered the UK charts. 1992 Former Beatles drummer George Harrison launched his first album for 9 years 'Time Takes Time'. Sport 1991 Diego Maradona was given a 1 year worldwide ban for taking cocaine before an Italian league match. 1995 Eric Cantona was ordered to coach 700 youngsters as part of the community service order made by a judge after he had attacked a spectator he said had taunted him during a match at Crystal Palace. People & Showbiz 1965 The Kray twins, Reggie and Ronnie,were cleared at the Old Bailey of running a protection racket. 1965 'Mary Poppins' won 5 Oscars, including Best Actress for Julie Andrews, while 'My Fair Lady' won 8 awards, its veteran star Rex Harrison winning the award for Best Actor. General Events 1909 On his 6th attempt in 15 years, Robert Peary with his servant and 4 eskimos became the first man to reach the North Pole. 1917 America declared war on Germany. 1944 Pay As You Earn income tax was introduced in Britain. 1984 16 year old Muslim Shapar Chodhuri won her case against Woolworths who said she could not be offered a job unless she wore a skirt. Britain called for 2 of its native birds, the corncrake and the merlin, which were rapidly declining in numbers, to be protected by the EEC's directive on the conservation of wild birds. |
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