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Anniversaries on: February 16, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1822 | Francis Galton, English scientist | | 1834 | Ernst Haeckel, German naturalist | | 1920 | Patti Andrews, Of the 'Andrews Sisters' | | 1922 | Geraint Evans, Welsh baritone | | 1926 | John Schlesinger, American film director | | 1943 | Anthony Dowell, Royal Ballet Director | | 1957 | LeVar Burton, US actor; 'Geordie' in Star Trek Next Generation | | 1959 | John McEnroe, Controversial American tennis player |
Events:| 1937 | An American scientist was granted a patent for Nylon | | 1957 | Leslie Hore Belisha, the politician who introduced the driving test, died | | 1959 | Fidel Castro became the President of Cuba, overthrowing Fulgenico Batista | | 1960 | The nuclear powered submarine 'Triton' set off on its round the world underwater voyage | | 1965 | A government report recommended closing half of Britain's railway network | | 1972 | There were power cuts in Britain, as power stations ran out of coal during the miners strike | | 1990 | Wives of Royal Navy seamen protested over a decision to allow Wrens to go to sea | | 1994 | Russian troops were to join the UN troops in former Yugoslavia |
Anniversaries on: February 17, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1653 | Ancangelo Corelli, Italian composer and violinist | | 1766 | Thomas Malthus, English economist | | 1929 | Yassir Arafat, Palestinian leader & Nobel Prize winner | | 1934 | Barry Humphries, Australian actor/creator of 'Dame Edna' | | 1934 | Alan Bates, English actor | | 1941 | Julia McKenzie, British actress | | 1950 | Prunella Gee, British actress |
Events:| 1864 | A submarine was successfully used to attack a warship, for the first time | | 1880 | The Russian tsar survived an attempted bomb assassination | | 1883 | The Vacant/Engaged toilet door sign was patented | | 1909 | Geronimo, the American indian Apache leader, died | | 1958 | The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was formed in Britain | | 1972 | The House of Commons voted in favour of Britain joining the Common Market | | 1972 | The Volkswagon 'Beetle' became the most successful production model, selling over 15 million vehicles | | 1994 | Russian troops joined the UN peace keeping forces in Bosnia |
Anniversaries on: February 18, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1517 | Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII | | 1745 | Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist | | 1838 | Ernst Mach, Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named | | 1929 | Len Deighton, English novelist | | 1931 | Ned Sherrin, British broadcaster and writer | | 1933 | Bobby Robson, Former England football manager | | 1954 | John Travolta, American film actor; 'Grease' | | 1959 | Greta Scacchi, American film actress |
Events:| 1876 | The first direct telegraph link from Britain to New Zealand was set up | | 1911 | The world's first official regular air mail service began | | 1915 | During World War 1, Germany blockaded Britain with submarines | | 1930 | The planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh | | 1965 | The Gambia became an independent country within the Commonwealth | | 1967 | Robert Oppenheimer, the American inventor of the atomic bomb, died | | 1972 | A report suggested that alcohol abuse was the nation's biggest problem | | 1994 | The Queen went on a state visit to the Caribbean |
Anniversaries on: February 19, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1473 | Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer | | 1743 | Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer and cellist | | 1911 | Merle Oberon, Tasmanian born film actress | | 1924 | Lee Marvin, American film actor | | 1960 | Prince Andrew, Duke of York | | 1962 | Hana Mandlikova, Tennis player | | 1963 | Seal, Singer |
Events:| 1855 | There were bread riots in Liverpool | | 1878 | Thomas Edison, the US inventor, patented the phongraph | | 1897 | Charles Blondin, the French tightrope walker, died | | 1906 | William Kellogg founded his breakfast cereal company | | 1942 | During World War 2 Darwin, Australia, was bombed by the Japanese | | 1976 | Iceland broke off diplomatic relations with Britain over the 'cod war' | | 1982 | In Ireland, the Fianna party won the General Election | | 1982 | John De Lorean's car making company became bankrupt | | 1985 | The first ever episode of 'Eastenders' was broadcast | | 1992 | North and South Korea officially ended their 40 year confrontation |
Anniversaries on: February 20, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1694 | Voltaire, French writer and scientist | | 1898 | Enzo Ferrari, Italian car manufacturer | | 1904 | Alexei Kosygin, Former Prime Minister of the USSR | | 1925 | Robert Altman American film director | | 1927 | Sidney Poitier, American film actor and director | | 1940 | Jimmy Greaves, Television commentator | | 1951 | Phil Neal, Former England footballer |
Events:| 1811 | The European country of Austria declared itself bankrupt | | 1910 | Britain was struck by a hurricane force winds, killing several people | | 1947 | Lord Mountbatten was appointed viceroy of India | | 1962 | John Glenn, the American astronaut, orbited the Earth three times | | 1986 | The Channel Tunnel project was given the official go ahead | | 1991 | Slovenia dissolved all its links with the former Yugoslavia | | 1994 | Switzerland announced plans to ban foreign truks from crossing the country by 2004 |
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