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Post by macliam » Mon Nov 01 2021 12:51pm

Monday 1st November 2021

On This day in British History


1884 - Founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, to promote sports amongst the ordinary Irish people during a resurgence of nationialism after the famine. The GAA is best known for promoting Hurling and Gaelic Football.

1920 - Enrolment begins in the Ulster Special Constabulary, the infamous "B-Specials". Almost exclusively protestant in makeup, the quasi-military force was accused of many revenge killings and reprisals against the catholic community, until it was disbanded in May 1970.

1920 - Following a mutiny by c.150 soldiers of the Connaught Rangers in protest at the activities of the Black and Tans in Ireland, Private James Daly, aged 20, from Galway, is executed by firing squad at Dagshai military prison in India. He is the last member of the British army to be executed for mutiny. Although not the leader of the mutiny, he was sentenced "as an example" as he was not a WW1 veteran. The actual leader, Joseph Hawes, survived to salute Daly's coffin when it was returned to Ireland in 1970.

1920 - Kevin Barry, an 18-year-old medical student and IRA volunteer, is hanged for murder in Dublin after taking part in a raid in which three British soldiers were killed. His execution, despite attempts by the U.S. and Vatican to secure a reprieve because of his age, inflamed nationalist public opinion in Ireland and precipitated an escalation in violence, as the Irish War of Independence entered its bloodiest phase.
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Post by Richard Frost » Tue Nov 02 2021 10:45am

Tuesday, 2nd November 2021

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 journalists have been killed around the world, with close to 9 out of 10 cases of these killings remaining judicially unresolved, according to the UNESCO observatory of killed journalists. Impunity leads to more killings and is often a symptom of worsening conflict and the breakdown of law and judicial systems. UNESCO is concerned that impunity damages whole societies by covering up serious human rights abuses, corruption, and crime. Governments, civil society, the media, and everyone concerned to uphold the rule of law are being asked to join in the global efforts to end impunity.

It is in recognition of the far-reaching consequences of impunity, especially of crimes against journalists, that the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/68/163(link is external) at its 68th session in 2013 which proclaimed 2 November as the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ (IDEI). The Resolution urged Member States to implement definite measures countering the present culture of impunity. The date was chosen in commemoration of the assassination of two French journalists in Mali on 2 November 2013.

ALL SOULS’ DAY Christian
The departed are remembered on this day and prayers are offered on their behalf.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE CROWNING OF HAILE SELASSIE I Rastafarian
One of the holiest days of the Rastafarian year; it celebrates Haile Selassie’s accession to the Ethiopian throne.

A Selection of Birthdays

1470 Edward V, King of England (Apr–Jun 1483), born in Westminster, Middlesex, (Now part of Central London)
1475 Princess Anne of York, 5th daughter of King Edward IV, born in Palace of Westminster, London (d. 1511)
1636 Edward Colston, English merchant, philanthropist and slave trader, born in Bristol (d. 1721)
1709 Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, born in Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover (d. 1759)
1734 Daniel Boone, American frontiersman and explorer (US Hall of Fame 1915), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 1820)
1755 Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1774-92) who allegedly uttered the phrase "let them eat cake", born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1793)
1777 Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, 5th daughter of King George III, born in Buckingham House, London (Now known as Buckingham Palace) (d. 1848)
1815 George Boole, English mathematician (Boolean algebra), born in Lincoln (d. 1864)
1821 Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor and 5th Governor of New Zealand (1868-73), born in Taughboyne, County Donegal, Ireland (d. 1899)
1843 Caryl Florio [William James Robjohn], English-American composer, born in Tavistock, Devon (d. 1920)
1880 John Foulds, British cellist, musicologist, and composer (World Requiem; Three Mantras), born in Hulme, Manchester (d. 1939)
1886 Philip Merivale, British actor (Mr. & Mrs. Smith; Nothing But Trouble), born in Rehutia, Manickpur, India (d. 1946)
1897 Dennis King, English actor (Devil's Brother), born in Coventry, Warwickshire (d. 1971)
1908 Fred Bakewell, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, top score 107; Northamptonshire), born in Walsall, Staffordshire (d. 1983)
1908 Reginald Beckwith, English actor (Genevieve, Doctor in Love), born in York (d. 1965)
1913 Burton "Burt" Lancaster, American actor (Apartment, From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
1913 Ivor Roberts-Jones, British sculptor (known for sculpted heads of Yehudi Menuhin and George Thomas), born in Oswestry, North Shropshire (d. 1996)
1922 John Pinsent, English classical scholar (Greek mythology) born in Liverpool (d. 1995)
1927 John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and billionaire
1928 Geoffrey Pardoe, British engineer (Project Manager for the Blue Streak ballistic missile programme) born in E. London (d. 1996)
1928 Paul Johnson, English journalist, author and historian, born in Manchester
1939 Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat, born in Birmingham
1941 Bruce Welch [Bruce Cripps], English rocker (Shadows Bognor Regis), born in Bognor Regis, Sussex,
1944 Keith Emerson, English rock musician (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), born in Todmorden, West Yorkshire (d. 2016)
1947 Dave Pegg, British pop bassist (Jethro Tull-Crest of a Nave), born in Birmingham
1947 Hilary Tann, Welsh composer (Shakkei), and educator (Union College, 1980-present), born in Llwynypia, Glamorgan
1948 Dmitri Smirnov, Russian-British classical composer (Solo for Harp; The; Red Bells), and teacher, born in Minsk, USSR (now Belarus) (d. 2020)
1952 Maxine Nightingale, English soul music singer (Right Back Where We Started From), born in Wembley, London
1959 Peter Mullan, Scottish actor and filmmaker (The Magdalene Sisters), born in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
1962 Simon Hill, English-Australian football commentator, born in Manchester
1962 Graham Waterhouse, English cellist and composer (Chieftan's Salute), born in London
1967 Derek Porter, Canadian rower (Olympic gold M8 1992; World C'ship gold single sculls 1993), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1972 Samantha Janus, British singer and actress (EastEnders), born in Brighton, East Sussex
1977 Leon Taylor, English diver and broadcaster (Olympic silver 10m synchro 2004; BBC), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
1987 Danny Cipriani, English rugby union fly-half, fullback (16 caps; Wasps, Gloucester), born in London,

On This day in History

1355 English invasion army under King Edward lands at Calais
1749 English Ohio Trade Company forms first trading post
1772 Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms
1903 British newspaper "Daily Mirror" begins publishing
1914 Great Britain annexes Cyprus
1914 Great Britain declares the entire North Sea a military area: neutral ships will transit it at their own risk
1917 Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine
1924 Sunday Express publishes first British crossword puzzle
1942 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir
1959 The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway
1960 Penguin Books cleared of obscenity for publishing DH Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover"

Northern Ireland

1968 A banned march in Derry, North Ireland, by members of the Derry Citizen's Action Committee (DCAC) is joined by thousands; due to the number of people taking part, the Royal Ulster Constabulary is unable to prevent it

Scotland

1698 Scottish settlers make landfall in Panama, establishing the ill-fated 'Darien Venture' co

Deaths in History

1483 Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, beheaded at 49
1773 John Glas, Scottish Presbyterian clergyman (started Glasite church movement), dies at 78
1874 Thomas Anderson, Scottish chemist (discovered pyridine), dies at 55
1875 James W. W. Birch, 1st British resident in Perak, Malaysia is speared to death while in the bath-house of his boat, SS Dragon at 49
1898 George Goyder, English surveyor-general of South Australia, dies at 72
1981 Kenneth Oakley, English Anthropologist, Palaeontologist, and Geologist whose method for the relative dating of fossils using fluorine content was instrumental in exposing the Piltdown Man hoax, dies at 70
2015 Mike Davies, Welsh tennis player, entrepreneur and administrator (ED ATP; GM ITF; Grand Slam Cup creator), dies from mesothelioma at 79

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Post by macliam » Tue Nov 02 2021 11:32am

Tuesday, 2nd November 2021

A Selection of Birthdays

1797 - Tyrone Power, actor and great-grandfather of the Hollywood movie star of the same name, is born near Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford.

Northern Ireland

1719 - The Toleration Act is passed in the Irish parliament by opponents of liberalization, to preclude more generous provisions that had ben proposed. The act exempted Presbyterians and protestant dissenters from restrictions imposed by the Act of Uniformity (1666) and marked a first step in dividing Catholic and Presbyterian opponents to the official Anglican church.

Deaths in History

1950 - Death of George Bernard Shaw from renal failure, aged 94. GBS had having fallen off a ladder whilst trimming a tree on his home, at Ayot St. Lawrence in Hertfordshire, and died a few days later.
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Post by Richard Frost » Wed Nov 03 2021 10:38am

Wednesday, 3rd November 2021

3 November 1534 English parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, making Henry VIII and all subsequent monarchs the head of the Church of England.

A Selection of Birthdays

1611 Henry Ireton, English general and parliament leader (Marston Moor), born in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire (d. 1651)
1749 Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (isolation of nitrogen in 1772), born in Edinburgh (d. 1819)
1815 John Mitchel, Irish nationalist (Jail Journal), born in Camnish, County Londonderry (d. 1875)
1856 Jim McCormick, Scottish-born American baseball pitcher and manager (first Scot in MLB; NL wins leader 1880, 82; NL ERA leader 1883), born in Thornliebank, Renfrewshire (d. 1918)
1863 Blanche Bingley-Hillyard, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1886, 89, 94, 97, 99-1900), born in Greenford, Middlesex (d. 1946)
1871 Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby league five eighth (RL pioneer; Hunslet 713 games), born in Leeds, West Yorkshire (d. 1943)
1872 Wilfred Trotter, English surgeon who was a pioneer in neurosurgery, popularized the concept of herd instinct, and was an authority in cancers of the head and neck, born in Coleford, Gloucestershire, (d. 1939)
1880 Edward Barrett, Irish heavyweight wrestler and all-round sportsman (Olympic gold tug-of-war 1908), born in Ballyduff, County Kerry (d. 1932)
1888 William Denis Browne, British composer, born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire (d. 1915)
1897 Frederick Stratten Russell, English marine biologist (plankton life history and linked their depth in the seas to light availability helping explain long-term changes in the ecosystem), born in Bridport, Dorset (d. 1984)
1907 Jim [James Geoffrey Cutcliffe] Hepburn, English tap-dancer and socialist, born in London (d. 1995)
1909 James Reston, American journalist (New York Times), born in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire (d. 1995)
1910 Richard Hurndall, British actor (Doctor Who, The Inheritors, It's Murder But Is It Art), born in Darlington, Co. Durham (d. 1984)
1923 Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1990)
1930 Brian Robinson, English cyclist (Tour de France: first Briton to finish and first stage winner), born in Mirfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
1933 Jeremy Brett, Berkswell West Midlands, actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Freddie-My Fair Lady)
1933 John Barry [Prendergast], English film score composer (James Bond films; Born Free), born in York, (d. 2011)
1934 Derek Richardson, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Worcestershire 383 first class games), born in Hereford, Herefordshire
1938 Martin Dunwoody, British mathematician
1940 Charlie Gallagher, Scottish soccer inside forward (2 caps Republic of Ireland; Celtic, Dumbarton), born in Glasgow (d. 2021)
1941 Brian Poole, English musician (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes), born in Barking, Essex
1943 Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician (Pentangle), born in Glasgow (d. 2011)
1945 Nick Simper, English bass guitarist (Deep Purple, Warhorse), born in Norwood Green, Middlesex
1948 Lulu [Marie Lawrie], Scottish singer (Together) and actress (To Sir, With Love), born in Glasgow,
1949 Anna Wintour, English-American editor (Editor of US Vogue), born in London
1954 Adam Ant [Stuart Goddard], English punk rocker ("Goody Two Shoes"; "Antmusic"), born in London
1954 Godzilla, Japanese monster (Godzilla)
1957 Gary Olsen [Grant], British stage and screen actor (2point4 Children - "Ben"), born in London (d. 2000)
1958 Andy Mapple, English water skier (World Slalom C'ship 1981, 89, 95, 97, 99, 2001), born in Lytham, Lancashire (d. 2015)
1960 James Prime, British rock keyboardist (Deacon Blue), born in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
1961 David AC viscount Linley, son of English Princess Margaret/mystic
1962 Marilyn [Peter Robinson], Jamaican-British pop singer (You Don't Love Me), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1962 Jacqueline Jill Smith is a British broadcaster, political commentator and former Labour politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Redditch from 1997 until 2010. The first female Home Secretary and the third woman to hold one of the Great Offices of State, after Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister) and Margaret Beckett (Foreign Secretary). She resigned as Home Secretary on 5 June 2009 following her involvement in the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal in which she had falsely claimed that a room in her sister's house was her main home. Smith, the most high-profile figure involved in the scandal, then lost her seat as Member of Parliament for Redditch in the 2010 general election. After leaving the House of Commons, she remained in public life as a political pundit and took up roles in various other sectors, such as health and media.
1963 Ian Wright MBE, English soccer striker and broadcaster (33 caps; Crystal Palace, Arsenal), born in London
1967 Steven Wilson, English musician and producer (Porcupine Tree), born in Kingston upon Thames
1971 Dylan William Moran is an Irish comedian, writer, actor, artist and poet. He is best known for his observational comedy, the comedy series Black Books (which he co-wrote and starred in), and his work with Simon Pegg in films such as Shaun of the Dead and Run Fatboy Run. He was also one of two lead characters in the Irish black comedy film A Film with Me in It. born in Navan, County Meath.
1972 Ugo Ehiogu, English soccer defender (4 caps; Aston Villa, Middlesborough), born in London (d. 2017)
1973 Ben Fogle, British broadcaster and author (Channel 5, BBC), born in London
1992 Joe Clarke, English slalom canoeist (Olympic gold K1 2016), born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

On this day in British History

1534 English parliament passes the Act of Supremacy making Henry VIII and all subsequent monarchs the Head of the Church of England
1640 English Long Parliament forms
1655 England & France sign military & economic treaties
1762 Britain & Spain sign Treaty of Paris
1838 The Times of India, world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce
1839 First Opium War - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks
1856 A British fleet bombards Canton
1860 Poet and critic Matthew Arnold begins his series of lectures "On Translating Home" as Oxford Professor of Poetry at Oxford University
1916 Treaty establishes British suzerainty over Qatar
1942 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault
1994 Dutch & British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1

Scotland

1968 English Lotus driver Graham Hill wins his 2nd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; wins title by 12 points from Scotsman Jackie Stewart
1991 New York City Marathon: Salvador Garcia of Mexico men's champion in 2:09:28; Liz McColgan of Scotland wins women's title, 2:27.0

Deaths in History

1428 Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)
1600 Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)
1643 John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582)
1787 Robert Lowth, Bishop of the Church of England and grammarian (A Short Introduction to English Grammar), dies at 76
1960 Harold Spencer Jones, English astronomer and 10th astronomer royal of England whose work led to a more accurate determination of the distance between the Earth and the Sun, dies at 70
1982 E. H. Carr, English historian (History of Soviet Russia), dies at 90

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Post by Richard Frost » Thu Nov 04 2021 11:55am

Thursday 4th November 2021

04-Nov-22 Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt. After his death in 1939, he was found to have removed 18 items from the tomb without authorisation. They were eventually returned to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

DIVALI / DIWALI / DEEPAVALI Hindu / Jain
For Hindus this is a New Year festival lasting from one to five days, during which fireworks are set off and lights are hung out. It is a festival of light, coinciding with the darkest night of the lunar month. It is generally associated with Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and prosperity, or with the victorious return of Rama and Sita after their exile. Divali marks the beginning of the Indian financial year.

DIVALI / BANDI CHHOR DIVAS Sikh
Sikhs also celebrate Divali since Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru, was released from Gwalior prison on this day. The Golden Temple in Amritsar is illuminated and firework displays take place there. It is a time for new clothes, presents and sweets.

International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying
"Although this violence is not limited to school premises, the education system has an important role to play in teaching students how to navigate safely in the digital sphere. Formal education should provide children and young people with certain knowledge and skills: how to behave with civility online, to develop coping mechanisms, to identify and report online violence and, most importantly, to protect themselves and others from different forms of cyberbullying, whether perpetrated by peers or adults."
Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director General, on the occasion of the International Day against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying

A Selection of Birthdays

1631 Mary, 1st British Princess Royal and the Princess of Orange, born in St James's Palace, London (d. 1660)
1740 Augustus Montague Toplady, English hymn writer (Rock of Ages), born in Farnham, Surrey (d. 1778)
1787 Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean actor (Edmund Kean's Masonic Career), born in London (d. 1833)
1845 Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian independence activist and revolutionary, born in Shirdhon village, Panvel taluka, Raigad district, British India (d. 1883)
1862 Eden Phillpotts, English novelist, poet and playwright (Red Madymaynes), born in Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India (d. 1960)
1863 William Faulkes, English organist, transcriber and composer, born in Liverpool (d. 1933)
1867 Tomasz Arciszewski, 31st Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London (1944-47), born in Sierzchowy, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland (d. 1955)
1872 Herman Finck, British composer (In The Shadows), born in London (d. 1939)
1873 G. E. Moore, English philosopher (systematic approach to ethical problems), born in London (d. 1958)
1881 Milton Rosmer, British director (Murder in the Red Barn), born in Southport, Lancashire (d. 1971)
1884 Henry George "Harry" Ferguson, Irish aviator, engineer and inventor (Modern tractor), born in County Down (d. 1960)
1906 Arnold Cooke, British composer, born in Gomersal, West Yorkshire (d. 2005)
1929 Shakuntala Devi, Indian writer and mental calculator known as the "Human Computer", born in Bangalore, Mysore, British India (d. 2013)
1930 Kate Reid, British actress (The Andromeda Strain, Heaven Help US), born in London (d. 1993)
1932 David Shipman, English film historian, born in Norwich, Norfolk (d. 1996)
1935 Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer, born in Cannock, Staffordshire
1954 Chris Difford, British lyricist, guitarist and vocalist (Squeeze - "Black Coffee In Bed"; "Tempted"), born in Greenwich, London
1956 James Honeyman-Scott, English rock guitarist and vocalist (Pretenders), born in Hereford, Herefordshire (d. 1982)
1961 Nigel Worthington, Irish soccer midfielder and manager (66 caps NI; Sheffield Wednesday; Norwich City), born in Ballymena
1965 Malandra Burrows, English actress (Emmerdale), born in Woolton, Liverpool
1974 Louise Redknapp, English singer-songwriter and TV personality, born in London
1977 Tonicha Jeronimo, British actress (Emmerdale), born in Jersey

On this day in British History

1529 English cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested on charges of treason
1839 The Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain
1890 Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate
1890 Prince of Wales opens first underground station at Stockwell, South London
1922 Howard Carter discovers the intact tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt
1924 Stanley Baldwin becomes Britain's Prime Minister for a second time after a landslide victory over Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party
1948 American-born British poet T. S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature
1960 Archaeologist and Paleoanthropologist Mary & Louis Leakey discover first Homo habilis jaw fragments (OH 7) at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Northern Ireland

1968 Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meets British Prime Minister Harold Wilson for talks on Northern Ireland; Wilson states no change of constitutional position of Northern Ireland possible without consent of the its people

Scotland

2017 Scottish champions Celtic sets new all-time British record (63) for matches undefeated in all domestic football competitions beating St. Johnstone, 4-0 at McDiarmid Park

Deaths in History

1702 John Benbow, English vice-admiral (Santa Marta), dies
1869 George Peabody, American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust and Institute, dies at 74
2003 Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (deeply engaged with issues that were central to the visual arts), dies at 89

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Post by Richard Frost » Fri Nov 05 2021 11:37am

Friday, 5th November 2021

416 Years of Celebration After Plotters Fail to Kill a King

World Tsunami Awareness Day
In December 2015, the UN General Assembly designated 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day, calling on countries, international bodies and civil society to raise tsunami awareness and share innovative approaches to risk reduction.

World Tsunami Awareness Day was the brainchild of Japan, which due to its repeated, bitter experience has over the years built up major expertise in areas such as tsunami early warning, public action and building back better after a disaster to reduce future impacts. UN Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) facilitates the observance of World Tsunami Awareness Day in collaboration with the rest of the United Nations system.

A Selection of Birthdays

1715 John Brown, English writer, born in Rothbury, Northumberland (d. 1766)
1722 William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English nobleman and politician, born in Clayton, Lancashire (d. 1798)
1742 Richard Cosway, English portrait painter, born in Tiverton, Devon (d. 1821)
1846 Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, (d. 1869)
1866 Daniel Protheroe, Welsh conductor and composer, born in Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire (d. 1934)
1869 Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (founded the Swaraj Party), born in Bikrampur, British India (d. 1925)
1884 James Elroy Flecker, English poet and dramatist (Hassan), born in Lewisham, London (d. 1915)
1892 J. B. S. Haldane, British-Indian geneticist (primordial soup theory), born in Oxford (d. 1964)
1901 Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series), born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire (d. 1979)
1906 George Trevelyan, British educational pioneer and a founding father of the New Age movement, born in London (d. 1996)
1913 Vivien Leigh, English actress (Gone With The Wind; A Streetcar Named Desire), born in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, India (d. 1967)
1916 Len Wilkinson, English cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 7 wickets; Lancashire CCC), born in Northwich, Cheshire (d. 2002)
1919 Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher, critic and writer, born in Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh, British India (d. 1978)
1920 Tommy Godwin, British track cyclist (Great Britain coach; 2 x Olympic bronze 1948; President British Cycling Federation), born in Connecticut, United States (d. 2012)
1923 Ian Munro, British medical journalist, humanitarian and cricketer, born in Bradford (d. 1997)
1926 John Berger, English art critic and author (Ways of Seeing), born in London (d. 2017)
1935 Nicholas Maw, British composer, born in Grantham, Lincolnshire (d. 2009)
1935 Lester Piggott, British jockey (11 time champ), born in Wantage, Berkshire
1935 Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novelist (Confessions), born in Lambeth, London (d. 2015)
1947 Peter Noone, English rock singer, sometimes known as "Herman" (Herman's Hermits - "I'm Into Something Good"; "Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter"), born in Davyhulme, Lancashire
1948 Peter Hammill, English singer and songwriter (Patient), born in Ealing, London
1956 Rob Fisher, British rock keyboardist (Naked Eyes), born in Bath (d. 1999)
1956 Helen O'Hara [Bevington], British rock violinist (Dexys Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen"), born in Bristol
1957 Michael "Mike" Score, British rock guitarist (A Flock Of Seagulls), born in Beverly, Yorkshire
1960 Tilda Swinton, British actress (We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Chronicles of Narnia), born in London
1970 Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress (Mel-EastEnders), born in Ilford, Essex
1971 Rob Jones, English footballer (Liverpool), born in Wrexham, Wales
1971 Jonny Greenwood, English musician and composer (Radiohead), born in Oxford
1971 Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer and songwriter, born in British Hong Kong
1972 Neil Cowley, English jazz pianist (Displaced, Fragile State), born in London
1973 Daniella Westbrook, English actress (Sam Mitchell-EastEnders), born in Walthamstow, East London
1977 Richard Wright, English football goalkeeper and coach (Manchester City), born in Ipswich
1983 Andrew Hayden-Smith, English TV presenter and actor, born in Gateshead

On This day in British History

1605 Gunpowder Plot: Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, where his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks. (Unless you are in Lewes, in East Sussex where they always burn an effigy of the pope and traditionally burn a contentious effigy of the day.
1630 Spain & England sign peace treaty
1740 The third volume of philosopher David Hume's seminal work "A Treatise of Human Nature" is published by Thomas Longman
1854 Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000 at Inkerman
1876 Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Nyangwe
1895 Edward, Prince of Wales, says "We are all Socialists nowadays"
1914 Britain declares war on Turkey and annexes Cyprus, occupied since 1878; the immediate reason is to keep it from being taken by Turkey
1925 British secret agent Sidney Reilly ('Ace of Spies') is executed in a forest near Moscow by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union
1942 Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission
1944 Canadian & British troops liberate Dinteloord
1953 Terence Rattigan's "Sleeping Prince" premieres in London
1956 Britain and France land airborne forces at Port Said in Egypt, escalating the Suez Crisis
1975 British government sends troops to Belize
1978 Ayatollah Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran

Weddings in History

1941 Writer and veterinary surgeon James Herriot (25) weds Joan Catherine Danbury

Deaths in History

1660 Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599)
1701 Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician, dies at about 40
1879 James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (speed of light), dies of abdominal cancer at 48
1883 William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle
2001 Barry Horne, was an English animal rights activist. He became known around the world in December 1998, when he engaged in a 68-day hunger strike in an effort to persuade the government to hold a public inquiry into animal testing, something the Labour Party had said it would do before it came to power in 1997. The hunger strike took place while Horne was serving an 18-year sentence for planting incendiary devices in stores that sold fur coats and leather products, the longest sentence handed down to any animal rights activist by a British court. The hunger strike left Horne with kidney damage and failing eyesight, but it was neither the first nor the last he embarked upon, and when he died of liver failure three years later, he had not eaten for 15 days. Media reaction to his death in the UK was hostile, where he was widely described as a terrorist by journalists and politicians. He is viewed as a martyr within the animal rights movement.
2005 John Fowles, British novelist (Collector, French Lieutenant's Woman), dies at 79

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Saturday, 6th November 2021

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
United Nations General Assembly in 2001 declared November 6 as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict and the day is observed annually on November 6 across the world. The day aims to educate people about what effects do war and armed conflict have on the environment.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE BAB Baha'i
The Bab (the title means ‘Gate’) called people to religious renewal and to await the coming of a messenger from God, believed to be Baha’u’llah (a title that means ‘Glory of God’).

A Selection of Birthdays

1391 Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician, born in New Forest, Westmeath, Ireland (d. 1425)
1558 Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy), born in London (d. 1594)
1671 Colley Cibber, English actor, dramatist and Poet Laureate (1730-57), born in London (d. 1757)
1796 George Back, English sea officer and explorer (North Canada), born in Stockport, Cheshire (d. 1878)
1848 Richard Jefferies, English naturalist and essayist, born in Coate, Swindon (d. 1887)
1876 Ernie Hayes MBE, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Surrey, Leicestershire), born in London, (d. 1953)
1878 Ernest Irving, English composer, born in Godalming, Surrey (d. 1953)
1882 Martin O'Meara, Irish-born Australian soldier, born in Terryglass, Republic of Ireland (d. 1935)
1883 Hubert Bath, British film composer and music director, born in Barnstaple, Devon (d. 1945)
1892 John Alcock, English pilot (1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean), born in Stretford, Trafford, Greater Manchester (d. 1919)
1897 Jack O'Connor, English cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Derbyshire CCC), born in Cambridge (d. 1977)
1918 Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse, Ritz), born in Bristol (d. 1991)
1920 Sir John Smith, English soccer executive (Chairman Liverpool F.C. 1973-90), born in Liverpool (d. 1995)
1923 Clay [David] Jones, Welsh gardener (BBC Gardener's Question Time), born in Cardigan, Wales (d. 1996)
1926 Brian Abel-Smith, British economist and expert adviser, born in Kensington Court Gardens, London (d. 1996)
1931 Peter Collins, English auto racer (British GP 1958), born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire (d. 1958)
1932 Ron Saunders, English soccer striker (Portsmouth) and manager (Manchester City, Aston Villa, Birmingham City), born in Birkenhead, Merseyside (d. 2019)
1937 Edwin Roxburgh, English composer and conductor, born in Liverpool
1941 James Bowman, English countertenor, born in Oxford
1946 George Young, Scottish-Australian rock guitarist (Easybeats, AC/DC), born in Glasgow (d. 2017)
1947 Jim Rosenthal, English sports presenter, born in Oxford
1949 Nigel Havers, English actor (Don't Wait Up), born in London
1957 Siobhán McCarthy, Irish singer and actress (Roisin Connor-Bad Girls), born in Dublin
1963 Paul Brindley, British rock bassist (The Sundays), born in Bristol
1972 Garry Flitcroft, English soccer midfielder, manager (Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers), born in Bolton, Lancashire
1972 Thandiwe Newton, English actress (Mission: Impossible 2, Westworld), born in Westminster, London
1973 Nell McAndrew, British model, born in Leeds

On this day in British History

1884 British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea
1914 The British land troops (mostly from the Indian Army) at the head of the Persian Gulf in Mesopotamia, and will begin to move westward in an attempt to draw Turkish troops from other fronts
1936 Terence Rattigan's play "French Without Tears" premieres in London
1999 Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
2004 An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 6 and injuring 150.
2018 Great Britain's Prince Charles calls slavery "an indelible stain" but stops short of an apology in a speech in Accra, Ghana

Wales

1999 4th Rugby World Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff: Wallabies fullback Matt Burke lands 7 penalties and 2 conversions as Australia beats France, 35-12

Weddings in History

1935 English Prince Henry weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott

Deaths in History

1752 Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister, dies at 67
1771 John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (discovered Crab Nebula), dies at 75
1900 PWJ Le Gallais, British lt-colonel, dies in battle at Bothaville
1901 Kate Greenaway, English artist known for her children's book illustrations (Under the Window), dies of breast cancer at 55
1905 George Williams, English philanthropist and founder of YMCA, dies at 84
1944 Walter Guinness, Lord Moyne, Anglo-Irish politician, British prefect (Middle-East), assassinated by Jewish terrorists at 64
1958 Francis George Scott, Scottish composer, dies at 78
2001 Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (Sleuth), dies at 75

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Sunday, 7th November 2021

ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE BAHA’U’LLAH Baha'i
Founder of the Baha’i faith, he was born the eldest son of a Persian nobleman in Tehran, Persia, in 1817.

A Selection of Birthdays

1650 John Robinson, English diplomat and prelate, born in Cleasby, North Yorkshire (d. 1723)
1687 William Stukeley, English physician and archaeologist (pioneered investigation of Stonehenge and Avebury), born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire (d. 1765)
1805 Thomas Brassey, English civil engineering contractor, born in Buerton, Cheshire (d. 1870)
1839 Henry Holmes, English violinist and composer, born in London (d. 1905)
1867 Marie Curie, Polish-French scientist who discovered radium and the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize (1903, 1911), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1934)
1874 Joseph Willoughby, South African cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96), born in Aldershot, Hampshire (d. 1952)
1876 Ted Arnold, English cricketer (England all-rounder in 10 Tests 1903-05), born in Withycombe Raleigh, Devon (d. 1942)
1876 Charlie Townsend, English cricketer, born in Bristol (d. 1958)
1877 Henry Balfour Gardiner, English composer and musician, born in Kensington, West London (d. 1950)
1879 Leon Trotsky, Russian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist and founder of the Red Army [OS 26-10-1879], born in Yelizavetgrad, Russian Empire (d. 1940)
1889 Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson and cricketer (England batsman & captain), born in Westminster, Central London (d. 1951)
1897 Ruth Pitter, British poet and 1st woman to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1955, born in Ilford, Essex (d. 1992)
1905 William Alwyn, English composer, born in Northampton (d. 1985)
1906 Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar) (d. 1995)
1924 Wolf Mankowitz, English playwright and writer (A Kid for Two Farthings), born in Spitalfields, East London (d. 1998)
1927 Ivor Emmanuel, Welsh singer and actor (Zulu, Show Boat, Kiss Me, Kate), born in Margam, Port Talbot (d. 2007)
1929 Mervyn Burtch, Welsh composer (The Raven King) and educator, born in Ystrad Mynach (d. 2015)
1930 Peter Woods, British journalist and newsreader, born in Romford, Essex (d. 1995)
1942 Jean Shrimpton, British actress (Privilege; Beaton by Bailey; Something Nice to Eat), and the world's first supermodel, born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
1943 Wensley Grosvenor Haydon-Baillie, English pharmaceutical manufacturer born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
1943 Michael Byrne, English actor (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), born in London
1947 Bob Anderson, English darts player (BDO World Champion 1988), born in Winchester, Hampshire
1949 (Susan) "Su" Pollard, British stage and screen actress (Hi-de-Hi!), and singer-songwriter ("Starting Together"), born in Nottingham
1953 Lucinda Green, English equestrian (Olympic silver 1984), born in Andover, Hampshire
1957 Jonathan Palmer, British businessman and Formula One racer, born in Lewisham, South East London
1963 John Barnes, British football player, born in Kingston, Jamaica
1964 Liam Ó Maonlaí, Irish vocalist and pianist (Hothouse Flowers - "I'm Sorry"), born in Monkstown, County Dublin
1967 Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer and songwriter (Texas), born in Glasgow
1970 Neil Hannon, Northern Irish musician (The Divine Comedy), born in Derry, Northern Ireland
1971 Jamie Drummond, Scottish-Canadian sommelier, born in Edinburgh
1972 Marcus Stewart, English football player, born in Bristol
1978 Rio Ferdinand, English footballer (England national team 1997-2001), born in Camberwell, South East London
1979 Barney Harwood, English CBBC presenter, born in Blackpool, Lancashire
1981 Anthony Moffat, Scottish musician, writer and filmmaker, born in Dumfries
1988 Tinie Tempah [Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu], British rapper ("Written In The Stars"), born in Plumstead, South East London

On this day in British History

1775 John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore PC known as Lord Dunmore, was a Scottish peer and colonial governor in the American colonies and The Bahamas. He was the last colonial governor of Virginia. Lord Dunmore promised freedom to male slaves who join British army
1917 British capture Gaza, Palestine, from Turks
1941 British air attacks on Berlin, Mannheim & Ruhrgebied
2019 Queen Elizabeth II confirms she is no longer buying clothes made with real fur

Ireland/Scotland

2018-11-07 For second straight year France wins Six Nations Rugby Championship on points difference from Ireland, with a final round 46-19 win over Scotland at Stade de France, Saint Denis; Ireland again takes Triple Crown

Deaths in History

1581 Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
1639 Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician
1642 Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English politician
1723 Godfrey Kneller, English painter (74-77), dies
1913 Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist, explorer and co-discoverer of the theory of evolution through natural selection, dies at 90
1974 Eric Linklater, British novelist and poet (Blue Swallows), dies at 75
1990 Lawrence Durrell, Indian-British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet), dies of a stroke at 78
1992 Henri Temianka, Scottish-born Polish composer (California Chamber Symphony) dies at 85

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Monday 8th November 2021

2005 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia, becoming the first woman to lead an African country.

A Selection of Birthdays

1342 Julian of Norwich, English saint, born in Norfolk, England (d. 1416)
1431 Vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince, born in Sighișoara, Transylvania, Romania (d. 1476)
1656 Edmond Halley, English mathematician and astronomer (Halley's comet), born in Haggerston, Middlesex (d. 1742)
1710 Sarah Fielding, English writer (The Adventures of David Simple), born in East Stour, Dorset (d. 1768)
1723 Vice-Admiral John Byron, British Royal Navy officer (d. 1786)
1768 Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, 6th child and second daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte, born in London (d. 1840)
1831 Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, PC English statesman and Viceroy of India (1876-1880) (d. 1891)
1847 Bram Stoker, Irish theatre manager and author (Dracula), born in Dublin (d. 1912)
1866 Herbert Austin, English automobile designer and builder (founder of Austin Motor Company), born in Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire (d. 1941)
1883 Arnold Bax, English composer (Farewell My Youth), born in London (d. 1953)
1904 Cedric Belfrage, English writer and journalist (co-founder of National Guardian), born in Marylebone, London (d. 1990)
1912 Joseph Fattorini, English businessman, born in Bradford, Yorkshire (d. 1995)
1924 John Burgess, English rugby coach and administrator (England coach 1971-75; RFU President 1987-88), born in Salford (d. 1997)
1927 Ken Dodd, British singer and comedian described as "the last great music hall entertainer", born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool (d. 2018)
1930 Edmund Happold, British structural engineer (founder of Buro Happold), born in Leeds (d. 1996)
1938 Richard Stoker, British composer, born in Castleford, Yorkshire
1941 Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress (The Liver Birds; The District Nurse), born in Rhyl, Flintshire
1943 Martin Peters, English soccer midfielder (67 caps; West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City), born in Plaistow, Essex (d. 2019)
1944 Rodney Slater, English rocker (Bonzo Dog Band), born in Crowland, Lincolnshire
1945 David Jessel, British TV reporter, born in Abingdon, Berkshire
1946 Roy Wood, English rock vocalist and cellist (ELO), born in Birmingham
1954 David Bret, British biographer and broadcaster, born in Paris
1956 Richard Curtis, British screenwriter (Blackadder, Four Wedding and a Funeral), born in Wellington, New Zealand
1957 Pearl Thompson, British rock guitarist (The Cure - "Friday I'm In Love"), born in Surrey
1957 Alan Curbishley, English football manager (Charlton Athletic), born in Forest Gate, Essex
1958 Terry Lee Miall, British rock drummer (Adam & The Ants), born in London
1966 Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality, born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire
1979 Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer, born in Cookstown, Northern Ireland
1981 Joe Cole, English footballer, born in Paddington, West London
1983 Kat Shoob, British television presenter, born in Rochford, Essex
1985 Jack Osbourne, English television star, born in St John's Wood, London
1991 DanTDM [Daniel Middleton], British professional gamer and YouTube personality (The Diamond Minecraft), born in Aldershot, Hampshire
2003 Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor British royal, born in Frimley, Surrey

On this day in British History

1627 English fleet under George Villiers leaves Île de Ré
1701 English Philosopher and Founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn presents Charter of Privileges, guaranteed religious freedom for the colony in Pennsylvania
1861 USS San Jacinto commanded by Charles Wilkes captures two Confederate diplomats from the British mail steamer Trent, almost causing a war between the US and the UK
1883 English freighter Nisero stranded at Atjeh (crew taken hostage)
1900 David Beatty takes part in the successful relief of the naval brigade and is promoted to captain
1942 Operation Torch; began as US and British forces under Eisenhower land in French North Africa
1957 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1964 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion
1965 British Indian Ocean Territory formed
1967 Radio Leicester begins broadcasting on VHF, the 1st of 8 local British radio stations (now 40)
1968 Londonderry Corporation agreed to a Nationalist request to introduce a points system in the allocation of public sector housing in Northern Ireland
1974 British peer the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London
2020 First test of a high-speed levitating pod system to carry people and cargo, by Richard Branson's Virgin Hyperloop in Las Vegas, Nevada

Northern Ireland

1968 Londonderry Corporation agreed to a Nationalist request to introduce a points system in the allocation of public sector housing in Northern Ireland
1987 11 are killed in an IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

Weddings in History

1766 Future Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck (28) weds Dorothy Cavendish (16)
1985 Author Ken Follett (36) weds politician Barbara Hubbard (42)

Deaths in History

1308 Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42
1605 Robert Catesby, English conspirator (Gunpowder Plot), killed at about 32
1674 John Milton, English poet and puritan (Paradise Lost), dies at 65
1858 George Peacock, English mathematician (algebraic theory), dies at 67
1860 Charles Fellows, English Archaeologist who discovered ruins of the cities of ancient Lycia and brought to Lycian marbles to England, dies at 61
1908 William Edward Ayrton, English Physicist, Inventor and Electrical Engineer, dies at 60
1911 Samuel Wilks, British Physician and founding father of clinical science, dies at 87
1970 Huw T. Edwards, Welsh trade unionist and politician, dies at 77
2004 Peter Mathers, English-born Australian novelist (b. 1931)
2007 Chad Varah, English founder of charity The Samaritans (b. 1911)

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Tuesday, 9th November 2021

A Selection of Birthdays

1389 Isabella of Valois, queen consort of Richard II of England, born in Paris (d. 1409)
1721 Mark Akenside, English poet and physician, born in Newcastle upon Tyne (d. 1770)
1795 Walter Geikie, Scottish painter, born in Edinburgh (d. 1837)
1801 Gail Borden, American manufacturer and inventor of condensed milk, born in Norwich, New York (d. 1874)
1837 Alfred Holmes, English violinist and composer, born in London (d. 1876)
1841 Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), born in Buckingham Palace, London (d. 1910)
1882 Joe Hardstaff Sr., English cricket batsman and umpire (5 Tests; umpire 21 Tests), born in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (d. 1947)
1886 S. O. Davies, Welsh Labour Party politician and trade union official, born in Abercwmboi, Glamorgan (d. 1972)
1887 Muriel Aked, British actress (Rome Express, Happiest Days of Your Life), born in Bingley, Yorkshire, (d. 1955)
1897 Ronald G W Norrish, British chemist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967), born in Cambridge (d. 1978)
1898 Owen Barfield, British philosopher of language, born in London (d. 1997)
1901 John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist born in Scotland (d. 1996)
1902 Anthony Asquith, British film director (Carrington V C (Court martial)), born in London (d. 1968)
1909 Robert Douglas, English actor (Adv of Don Juan), born in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire (d. 1999)
1913 Thelma Hulbert, English painter (Le Sacre du Printemps), born in Bath, Somerset (d. 1995)
1918 Su Beng [Lim Tiau-hui], 'Father of Taiwanese Independence' (Taiwan’s 400-Year History), born in Taipei, Taiwan (d. 2019)
1921 Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, born in Berlin (d. 1996)
1925 Sir Alistair Horne, British historian and journalist (A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962), born in London (d. 2017)
1931 Tommy Greenhough, English cricketer (English leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1959-60), born in Rochdale, Lancashire (d. 2009)
1937 Roger McCough, British poet (The Mersey Sound), born in Litherland, Lancashire
1942 Stuart Lipton, English real estate developer and multi-millionaire
1944 Phil May, English rocker (Pretty Things), born in Dartford, Kent (d. 2020)
1954 Dennis Stratton, British rock guitarist (Iron Maiden), born in London
1954 Sue Upton, English actress (The Benny Hill Show) and dancer, born in Chadwell Heath, Essex,
1955 Karen Dotrice, British actress (Mary Poppins), born in Guernsey, Channel Islands
1956 Kevin Savigar, British session and touring keyboard player, songwriter, and record producer (Rod Stewart), born in London
1956 Eve de Castro-Robinson, New Zealand classical composer (Other Echoes; A Chaos Of Delight), and educator, born in London
1959 Tony Slattery, British actor and comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), born in Stonebridge, London
1961 Jill Dando, British television presenter, born in Weston-super-Mare (d. 1999)
1965 Bryn Terfel, Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer, born in Pant Glas
1967 Ricky Otto, English footballer, born in London
1979 Caroline Flack, British television presenter (Love Island), born in Enfield Town, North London (d. 2020)
1980 James Harper, English footballer, born in Bell, California
1996 Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient (90 mins old)

On this day in British History

1492 Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII of France
1541 Queen Catherine Howard (Henry VIII's fifth wife) confined in Tower of London
1620 After a month of delays off the English coast and about two months at sea, the Mayflower spots land (Cape Cod)
1673 English King Charles II dismisses Earl of Shaftesbury
1729 Spain, France & Britain sign Treaty of Seville
1907 The Cullinan Diamond, the largest ever discovered, is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday
1922 Frederick Soddy wins the 1921 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (announced in 1922 due to a technicality)
1973 Ringo Starr releases album "Ringo"
1991 Joint European Torus (JET) scientists in Culham Oxfordshire successfully harness nuclear fusion to produce the first large amount of controlled fusion power
1998 Capital punishment in England Scotland and Wales, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences. Not abolished in Northern Ireland until 25th July 1973

Northern Ireland

1968 Ian Paisley and Ronald Bunting lead a Loyalist march to the Diamond area of Derry, Northern Ireland

Deaths in History

1623 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales), dies at 72
1699 Hortense Mancini, mistress of Charles II, King of England (b. 1646)
1770 John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician
1809 Paul Sandby, English cartographer (b. 1725)
1937 Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister (Labour: 1924, 1929-35), dies of natural causes at sea on board the liner Reina del Pacifico at 71
1940 Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister (1937-40), dies of bowel cancer at 71
1992 Charles Fraser-Smith, English inventor (man who never was), dies
2003 Gordon Onslow Ford, English painter (b. 1912)

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