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On this day 8th February |
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Born on this day
1577 Robert Burton 1612 Samuel Butler 1804 Richard Lemon Lander 1807 Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins 1819 John Ruskin 1828 Jules Verne 1847 Hugh Price Hughes 1888 Dame Edith Evans 1925 Jack Lemmon 1928 Sir Stanley Baker 1936 Clive Swift 1931 James Dean 1932 Lady Howe 1932 John Williams 1944 Roger Lloyd-Pack 1941 Nick Nolte 1955 John Grisham 1964 Trinny Woodall 1976 Abi Titmus 1980 Ralf Little 1980 Stephen Wright Died on this day 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots 1725 Peter the Great 1990 Del Shannon 1998 Enoch Powell 1999 Dame Iris Murdoch Music 1964 The Beatles debuted on the album charts with 'Meet The Beatles'. 1974 The Who appeared in Lille at the start of a French tour. 1986 Billy Ocean reached No1 in the UK with 'When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going'. Sport 1984 The 14th Winter Olympics began in Sarajevo. 1992 Manchester United drew 1-1 with Sheffield Wednesday to move a single point above Leeds United at the top of the first division. People & Showbiz 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England. 1952 Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the UK. 1960 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor". 1988 The Pet Shop Boys were named Best British Band of the Year in the BPI awards, with George Michael winning Best Male singer and Alison Moyet Best Female singer. Rick Astley won the Best Single with Never Give You Up' and Sting won Best Album with 'Nothing Like The Sun'. 1988 Esther Rantzen was named Woman of the Year. General Events 1622 King James I of England disbands the English Parliament. 1924 The gas chamber was used for the first time in the US to execute Gee Jon, a member of a Chinese gang, in the Nevada State Prison in Carson City. 1969 The Boeing 747 jumbo jet, the world's biggest commercial passenger plane, made its maiden flight. 1971 The NASDAQ stock market index debuts. 1974 US astronauts returned from Skylab after 84 days in orbit, recording man's longest flight in space. 1988 It was reported that baked beans were more likely to reduce the risk of heart disease than any other high fibre vegetable. |
