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Anniversaries on: November 8, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1656 | Edmond Halley, English astronomer and discoverer of 'Halley's' comet | | 1847 | Bram Stoker, Irish author remembered for the classic,'Dracula' | | 1900 | Margaret Mitchell, American author of 'Gone With The Wind' | | 1922 | Prof. Christiaan Barnard, Heart transplant pioneer | | 1927 | Ken Dodd, Comedian and singer | | 1935 | Alain Delon, French 'Tough Guy' actor | | 1937 | Paul Foot, Writer and journalist | | 1954 | Ricke Lee Jones, Pop singer |
Events:| 1920 | The cartoon character 'Rupert Bear' made his first appearance in the Daily Express | | 1958 | The Everly Brothers reached number one in the singles music charts, with 'Bird Dog' | | 1965 | The bill abolishing the death penalty became law | | 1967 | The first BBC local radio station opened in Leicester | | 1974 | After 300 years Covent Garden Market was moved to a new site at Nine Elms London | | 1987 | At Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, an IRA bomb exploded,at a Rememberance Day service | | 1988 | George Bush was elected as US President, after beating Michael Dukakis |
Anniversaries on: November 9, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1841 | King Edward VII | | 1909 | Katherine Hepburn, Hollywood superstar & four times 'Oscar' winner | | 1926 | Hugh Leonard, Playwright | | 1934 | Carl Sagan, American astrophysicist and author (COSMOS) | | 1934 | Ronald Harwood, Playwright, novelist and biographer | | 1937 | Roger McGough, Poet and member of the 'Scaffold' Pop group | | 1942 | Tom Weiskopf, American golfer; won the 1973 British Open | | 1944 | Phil May, Of the Pop group 'Pretty Thimgs' |
Events:| 1859 | The punishment of 'Flogging',was abolished by the British Army | | 1908 | Britains first woman Mayor,Elizabeth Anderson was elected at Aldeburgh,Suffolk | | 1922 | The German SS was formed | | 1940 | Neville Chamberlain prime minister from 1937 to 1940,died | | 1953 | The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in New York aged 39 | | 1960 | J F Kennedy was elected as American president,becoming the youngest ever, at the age of 43 | | 1970 | General Charles de Gaulle,former leader of the 'Free French'army and President of France from 1958 to 1969,died |
Anniversaries on: November 10, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1483 | Martin Luther, German religious reformer | | 1923 | Robert Carrier, Gourmet, TV Chef and writer on cookery matters | | 1925 | Richard Burton, Legendary Welsh actor | | 1940 | Screamin Lord Sutch, Pop singer; head of the 'Monster Raving Looney Party' | | 1944 | Tim Rice, Lyricist; 'Evita' & 'Jesus Christ Superstar' | | 1948 | Greg Lake, Bass guitarist and founder member of 'King Crimson' | | 1949 | Donna Fargo, Country and western singer |
Events:| 1775 | The United States Marine Corps was founded | | 1871 | Henry Stanley, sent to locate the missing missionary David Livingstone, finally found him | | 1928 | Hirohito was crowned Emperor of Japan, aged 27 | | 1956 | Johnny Ray reached number one in the charts with 'Just Walking In The Rain' | | 1982 | Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev died | | 1986 | The legendary jockey, Sir Gordon Richards, died aged 82 | | 1989 | East German border guards began to dismantle parts of the 'Berlin Wall' |
Anniversaries on: November 11, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1885 | George Patton, Controversial World War II US General | | 1918 | Stubby Kaye, US actor/singer remembered for 'Guys and Dolls' | | 1920 | Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, Former SDP leader | | 1921 | Ron Greenwood, Former England football manager | | 1925 | June Whitfield, Radio/TV actress 'Terry and June' | | 1927 | Sir Leonard Woolfson, Managing Director of 'Great Universal Stores' | | 1944 | Jesse Colin Young, Of the group 'The Youngbloods' | | 1946 | Len Hawkes, Of the Pop group 'The Tremeloes' |
Events:| 1880 | Ned Kelly, the notorious Australian outlaw, was hanged in Old Melbourne Gaol aged 25 | | 1918 | Germany and the Allies signed the armistice, in a railway carriage in the Compiegne forest | | 1921 | The first ever 'Poppy Day' was held by the British Legion | | 1940 | The first wartime 'Jeep', was launched by Willis | | 1944 | The Home Guard,affectionately called 'Dads Army', was disbanded | | 1945 | Jerome Kern, the renowned 'Broadway', composer died | | 1961 | Elvis Presley reached number one in the record charts with 'Latest Flame' |
Anniversaries on: November 12, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1840 | Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, 'The Kiss' & 'The Thinker' | | 1911 | Rev. Chad Varah, Founder of the 'Samaritans' | | 1919 | Sir Ronald Millar, Playwright | | 1920 | Jo Stafford, Popular Pop singer of the 50's | | 1929 | Grace Kelly, US oscar winning actress/Princess Grace of Monaco | | 1955 | Les Mckeown, member of the Pop group 'Bay City Rollers' | | 1961 | Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast. Gold medal winner with a perfect 10 |
Events:| 1919 | The first aeroplane flight to Australia left Hounslow, reaching Darwin on December 13th | | 1927 | The first veteran car rally from London to Brighton took place | | 1955 | Bill Hayley reached number one in the charts with 'Rock Around The Clock' | | 1974 | A warrant was issued for the arrest of Lord Lucan, on a charge of murder, but no trace has ever been found of him | | 1981 | US space shuttle Columbia was launched, to become the first space vehicle to make a second trip | | 1982 | Yuri Andropov became soviet leader, succeeding Mr Brezhnev | | 1982 | Torrential rain and gales struck Britain & Northern Ireland, causing much damage |
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