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Born on this Day
1262 Arthur II, Duke of Brittany 1489 Thomas Cranmer 1492 Elizabeth Tudor 1862 Sir William Henry Bragg 1892 Jack Hylton 1900 Tyrone Guthrie 1903 Alec Douglas-Home 1913 Lord Seiff of Brimpton 1922 Dan Rowan 1928 John Timpson 1930 Ahmad Jamal 1938 Lord (David) Owen 1940 Kenneth Clarke 1953 Mark Hart 1956 Jerry Hall 1969 Tim Rodber 1970 Monie Love 1973 Peter Kay 1981 Nathan Ellington 1991 Cory Spedding Died 1566 Nostradamus 1961 Ernest Hemingway 1975 James Robertson-Justice Music 1980 Mickey Hart and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead were arrested on suspicion of inciting riot in San Diego, having tried to stop police making an arrest on a drugs charge. 1982 The Rolling Stones opened their European Tour in Rotterdam. 1988 Despite its lack of US pop success, 'S-Express' topped the US Club Play chart. 2005 Live 8 takes place in London's Hyde Park and other locations around the world. Sport 1900 The second modern Olympics Games opened in Paris. 1988 19 year old Steffi Graf beat Martina Navratilova 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 to win the final of the women's singles at Wimbledon and become the youngest winner of the title since Maureen Connolly in 1953. 1992 15 British Marines beat the world abseiling record by dropping 1,645 ft in 15 minutes from the world's tallest building in Toronto. 2002 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. People & Showbiz 1971 Cult black icon movie 'Shaft', starring Richard Roundtree premiered in America. 1987 Ilona Staller, a former porn star, was elected to the Italian parliament. 1996 'Independence Day', starring Wil Smith and Jeff Goldblum was released in American cinemas. It grossed a record $96.4 million in the first weekend. 1997 'Men in Black' starring Wil Smith and Tommy Lee Jones opened in American cinemas. It grossed $51 million in its first weekend. General Events 1901 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid robbed a heavily armed banker's train in Montana and escaped worth $40,000. 1989 The British Library announced that it was to end its 300 year tradition of collecting every book published in this country in an attempt to cut down on the large number of new books and journals it has to store each year. 1993 The Popular Flying Association was to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Captain W.E. Johns, the creator of Biggles by inviting light aircraft of every shape and size to Wroughton airfield, near Swindon, Wiltshire, for the largest fly-in outside America. 1994 It was reported that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were unaware that Prince Charles had confessed to adultery in his television interview and were not told in advance that he would publicly discuss his friendship with Camilla Parker Bowles. 1995 The Archbishop of Canterbury's son, Mark Carey was ordained as a priest at a ceremony at Wakefield Cathedral. 1995 British conservationists and the Chinese Government launched an ambitious attempt to save the last giant pandas from poachers, land clearance and in-breeding. Only 1000 giant pandas were left in the wild. |
