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On this day 21st September |
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Born on this Day
1866 H.G.Wells 1874 Gustav Holst 1923 Sir Jimmy Young 1931 Larry Hagman 1947 Stephen King 1950 Bill Murray 1958 Simon Mayo 1968 Rikki Lake 1972 Liam Gallagher Died On This Day 1327 King Edward II of England 1832 Sir Walter Scott 1996 Dorothy Lamour Music 1956 Hound Dog' by Elvis Presley entered the UK charts, while Bill Haley had a record 5 singles in the top 30 . 1985 Madonna scored her 1st UK No. 1 album with 'Like A Virgin', 10 months after its release. 1996 Hank Williams III, son of Hank Williams Jr, and grandson of country music legend Hank Williams made his Grand Ol' Opry debut . Sport 1949 England were beaten 2-1 at Goodison Park by the Republic of Ireland, thus suffering their first home defeat by a foreign football team 1992 Alison Streeter of London completed her 20th crossing of the English channel 1994 Gary Lineker announced his retirement from the game after his season with Japan ended in November . People & Showbiz 1937 JRR Tolkien's classic novel 'The Hobbit' was published 1971 The Old Grey Whistle Test' started its successful BBC2 run. 1982 The new Ford Sierra was launched to replace the Ford Cortina, Britain's best selling car for 9 years . General Events 1792 The French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy 1988 14 year old Michael Biggs, son of Ronald Biggs arrived in Britain from Brazil, to plead his father's case for a Royal Pardon 1991 Armenia became the 12th Soviet republic to declare independence. 1994 Mr Kiely the EC agriculture spokesman, could not answer the key questions about bananas. How bent must a banana be to be too bent to pass the Euro-test? "Abnormally bent" was all he would say . |
