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by Richard Frost » Wed Sep 29 2021 11:10am
29th September 2021
The first Metropolitan Police officers appear on the streets of London.
MICHAELMAS National
One of the four Quarter Days in the UK legal calendar.
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
September 29 was designated as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste by the United Nations in order to promote global efforts and collective action against responsible consumption and production of food.
A Selection of Birthdays
1240 Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)
1328 Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)
1388 Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)
1547 Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, Spanish author (Don Quixote), born in Alcalá de Henares, Habsburg Spain (d. 1616)
1636 Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (1694-1715), born in Cottenham, Cambs. (d. 1715)
1639 Lord William Russell, English politician and plotter against Charles II (d. 1683)
1691 Richard Challoner, English leading Catholic bishop (Douay–Rheims bible translation), born in Lewes, Sussex (d. 1781)
1725 Robert Clive, explorer and founder (British Empire in India), born in Styche, Shropshire (d. 1773)
1727 Henry Harington, English composer and musician, born in Kelston, Somerset (d. 1613)
1758 Horatio Nelson, British admiral and hero of Trafalgar, born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk (d. 1805)
1794 William Michael Rooke, Irish composer and violinist, born in Dublin (d. 1847)
1810 Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (North and South), born in London, (d. 1865)
1849 Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, Czech-English composer, born in Milan
1899 Billy Butlin, South African-British holiday camp promoter (Butlins), born in Cape Town, Cape Colony (d. 1980)
1904 Dorothy Emmet, English philosopher, born in London, (d. 2000)
1904 Greer Garson, British actress (Mrs Miniver), born in East Ham, Essex (d. 1996)
1907 Michael Shepley, British actor (Squibs, Dick & the Duchess), born in Plymouth, Devon (d. 1961)
1908 Norman Anderson, English lawyer, missionary and Arabist, born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk (d. 1994)
1911 Reginald Victor Jones, British scientist who worked in military intelligence in WWII, born in London, (d. 1997)
1913 Trevor Howard, English actor in over 70 films (Brief Encounter, Superman, The Third Man), born in Kent, (d. 1988)
1916 Carl Ronald Giles, English cartoonist (Giles), born in London, (d. 1995)
1920 Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, (1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry), born in Mitcham, (d. 1992)
1924 David Atkinson, British air marshal, honorary physician to the Queen (d. 2013)
1928 Eric Reginald Lubbock, Lord Avebury, English politician (Liberal MP for Orpington 1962-70)
1930 Colin Dexter, English crime writer (Inspector Morse), born in Stamford, Lincolnshire (d. 2017)
1932 Jeremy Isaacs, Scottish TV executive (Channel 4) and director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, born in Glasgow, Scotland
1932 Peter Stormonth Darling, Scottish investment banker (Mercury Asset Management Group, largest fund management in the UK), (d. 2019)
1932 Ronald B. Kitaj, American-British painter and graphic artist (pop art), born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio (d. 2007)
1935 David Hannay, British diplomat (Representative to the UN and the EU),born in London,
1935 Jerry Lee Lewis, American rock and roll piano player and singer ("Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"; "Great Balls Of Fire"), born in Ferriday, Louisiana
1937 Barry Heywood, British director of the British Antarctic Survey (d. 2021)
1939 Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
1940 Jimmy Knapp, British trade unionist (National Union of Railwaymen) (d. 2001)
1941 David Steele, British cricketer (England batsman, courageous v Lillee 1975), born in Bradeley, Stoke-on-Trent,
1941 Frederick "Fred" West, British contractor and serial killer (12 charges of murder), born in Herefordshire, (d. 1995)
1942 Ian McShane, British actor (Roots; Bare Essence), born in Blackburn
1943 Peter Rigby, British businessman and one of UK richest (Specialist Computer Holdings)
1945 Sarah Tyacke, English historian and Keeper of British Public Records, born in Chelmsford, Essex
1946 Alasdair Fraser, Scottish-born Northern Irish lawyer, director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2012)
1946 Patricia Hodge, English actress (Heat of the Day, Miranda), born in Cleethorpes, Lincs.
1946 Ian Wallace, British rock drummer (King Crimson, 1971-72), born in Bury, Lancashire (d. 2007)
1947 Richard J. Evans, English historian ( The Third Reich Trilogy), born in London
1954 Steve Platt, British journalist and magazine editor (New Statesman & Society)
1956 Sebastian Coe, British 1500m runner (Olympic gold 1980, 84), born in London
1957 Chris Broad, English cricketer (prolific England opening batsman 1984-89), born in Bristol
1957 Mari Wilson, British singer (Just What I Always Wanted)
1961 Julia Gillard, Australian politician, 1st Australian female Prime Minister (2010-2013), born in Barry, Wales
1965 Iain Baker, English pop musician (Jesus Jones), born in Charshalton, Surrey
1968 Luke Goss, English actor (Traffick) and musician (Bros. - "I Owe You Nothing"), born in London,
1968 Matt Goss, English singer-songwriter (Bros. - "I Owe You Nothing"), born in London
1970 Emily Lloyd, English actress (Wish You Were Here, In Country), born in London
1971 Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian (The Pirates of the Caribbean, Detectorists), born in Maidstone, Kent
1972 Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver (Corvette Racing 2002-present), born in Huntingdon, Cambs.
1973 Scout Niblett, British singer-songwriter, born in Stone, Kent
1976 Darren Byfield, English football player, born in Sutton Coldfield, W. Midlands
1980 Patrick Agyemang, English footballer, born in London,
On this day in British History
1364 Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French in Brittany
1608 Captain Newport arrives from England with supplies for colonists
1650 Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)
1829 The first units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital
1853 Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 with over 450 people aboard that sailed from Liverpool on the 9th of September 1853 on a voyage to Quebec
1885 First practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool,
1915 British army conquers Chilly al Imara, Mesopotamia
Scotland
1853 Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 with over 450 people aboard that sailed from Liverpool on the 9th of September 1853 on a voyage to Quebec
Deaths in History
1913 Rudolf Diesel, German engineer (invented the diesel engine), disappears aboard the ship Dresden in the English Channel at 55
1952 John Cobb, British speed record holder (World Land Speed Record 1938-39, 47), dies attempting to break world Water Speed Record at Loch Ness, Scotland, at 52
1954 William John Gruffydd, Welsh poet and scholar, dies at 73
1981 Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (Liverpool, 1959-74) dies of a heart attack at 68