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Anniversaries on: November 21, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1787 | Samuel Cunard, Canadian shipowner | | 1888 | Harpo Marx, Harp playing comedian in the famous Marx Brothers films | | 1913 | Roy Boulting, Renowned film maker | | 1922 | Telly Savalas, American actor best known as TV's 'Kojak' | | 1941 | Juliet Mills, Actress and daughter of Sir John Mills | | 1943 | Jacques Laffite, French Grand Prix driver | | 1945 | Goldie Hawn, Oscar winning American actress |
Events:| 1783 | A Montgolfier brothers hot-air balloon, took Jean de Rosier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 500ft above Paris | | 1843 | A Briton, Thomas Hancock, patented vulcanised rubber. He had produced the first ever inflatable toy balloons in 1825 | | 1922 | Ramsay MacDonald was elected leader of the Labour Party | | 1953 | The Skull of Piltdown Man was proved to be a hoax,it had long been believed to be the missing link | | 1974 | The IRA exploded two bombs in two Birmingham Pubs, killing 17 people and injuring 20 others |
Anniversaries on: November 22, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1808 | Thomas Cook, Founder of the Thomas Cook travel agents | | 1819 | George Elliot, Author of 'The Mill On the Floss' & 'Silas Marner' | | 1913 | Benjamin Britten, English operatic composer | | 1930 | Sir Peter Hall, Leading director, and former manager of the RSC | | 1941 | Tom Conti, Stage and screen actor | | 1943 | Billie Jean King, US tennis player & Wimbledon Champion | | 1950 | Tina Weymouth, Of the group 'Talking Heads' | | 1953 | Wayne Larkins, English cricketer and batsman |
Events:| 1900 | Sir Arthur Sullivan, the famous composer of several operas with his friend W.S Gilbert, died | | 1963 | Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in as the 35th President of America, shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy | | 1963 | US president J.F Kennedy was shot and killed while travelling through Dallas, Texas | | 1965 | In Las Vegas, Cassius Clay beat Floyd Paterson to retain his world heavyweight boxing title | | 1975 | King Juan Carlos II was sworn in as head of state, two days after the death of General Franco, the Spanish dictator | | 1980 | The American actress Mae West died, aged 88 |
Anniversaries on: November 23, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1859 | Billy The Kid, Born William Bonny; legendary US outlaw | | 1887 | Boris Karloff, English actor remembered for his 'Horror' film roles | | 1926 | Christopher Logue, Author and poet | | 1927 | John Cole, BBC's former political editor | | 1934 | Lew Hoad, Australian 50's tennis player | | 1946 | Diana Quick, Actress; 'Brideshead Revisited' | | 1956 | Shane Gould, Australian swimmer |
Events:| 1852 | In St Helier Jersey, Britains first pillar boxes were brought into public use | | 1910 | Dr Crippen, the notorious murderer, was executed in Holloway prison for poisoning his wife | | 1915 | The famous First World War song, 'Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag', was first published | | 1957 | 'Mary's Boy Child', sung by Harry Belafonte, reached number one in the record charts | | 1963 | 'Dr Who' was broadcast for the first time, with William Hartnell as the Doctor | | 1979 | In Dublin, Thomas McMahon was found guilty of the murder of Lord Mountbatten, and given a life sentence | | 1985 | The BBC's first television announcer, Leslie Mitchell, died |
Anniversaries on: November 24, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1815 | Grace Darling, Lighthouse keepers daughter who became famous heroine | | 1849 | Frances Burnett, Novelist; 'The Secret Garden' & 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' | | 1868 | Scott Joplin, Composer and pianist | | 1925 | Alun Owen, Writer and 'Oscar' nominee for 'A Hard Days Night' | | 1939 | Jim Yester, Of the Pop group 'The Association' | | 1941 | Pete Best, Former member of 'The Beatles' | | 1942 | Billy Connolly, Former Scottish steelworker turned comedian | | 1955 | Ian Botham, Popular English cricketer |
Events:| 1434 | The river Thames froze over. This happened again in 1715, when the ice was thick enough to hold a 'Frost Fair' on the river | | 1642 | The Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman, discovered Van Dieman's Land (later to be re-named Tasmania) | | 1939 | Imperial Airways and British Airways merged, to become 'British Overseas Airways Corporation' (BOAC) | | 1951 | The car manufacturers Morris and Austin agreed to merge | | 1963 | Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with assassinating John F Kennedy, was shot by Jack Ruby | | 1965 | The government introduced an experimental speed limit of 70mph on motorways in England | | 1973 | In Australia, Aborigines were given the vote for the first time | | 1987 | Free eye tests were abolished by the Conservative government |
Anniversaries on: November 25, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1835 | Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist; devoted much of his wealth | | 1844 | Karl Friedrich Benz, German motor car engineer | | 1912 | Francis Durbridge, Playwright and author | | 1914 | Joe Dimaggio, Legendary American baseball player | | 1920 | Bernard Weatherill, Former 'Speaker' of the House Of Commons | | 1946 | Bev Bevan, Drummer with the 'Electric Light Orchestra' | | 1952 | Imran Khan, Former Pakistan cricket captain |
Events:| 1823 | The chain pier at Brighton was opened | | 1937 | The first Quiz to be broadcast, an inter-regional spelling contest, took place | | 1953 | At the Ambassador Theatre in London, Agatha Christie's long running play 'The Mousetrap' opened | | 1953 | Hungary beat England 6-3 at Wembley in London, the first ever foreign team to achieve an away win at the ground | | 1963 | John F Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery | | 1984 | In a London studio 'Band Aid' recorded 'Do They Know It's Christmas', in aid of charities |
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