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Anniversaries on: January 17, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1706 | Benjamin Franklin, American statesman & scientist | | 1820 | Anne Bronte, Youngest of the 'Bronte' sisters | | 1899 | Al Capone, American gangster | | 1942 | Muhammad Ali, American heavyweight boxing champion | | 1956 | Paul Young, English singer | | 1957 | Keith Chegwin, Broadcaster & television presenter |
Events:| 1773 | Captain Cooks ship became the first to cross the Antartic Ocean | | 1912 | English explorer Robert F. Scott reached the South Pole | | 1959 | The African country of Mali was formed with the joining of Senegal & French Sudan | | 1968 | The motor manufacturer British Leyland was formed, from the merger of two companies | | 1983 | Breakfast television began in Britain | | 1986 | The Royal yacht Britannia evacuated Britions and other foreign nationals from Aden | | 1995 | In Japan a massive earthquake caused widespread destruction & left 300,000 homeless |
Anniversaries on: January 18, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1779 | Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus | | 1882 | A.A Milne, English poet and humourist | | 1892 | Oliver Hardy, US comedian of 'Laurel & Hardy' fame | | 1904 | Cary Grant, American Hollywood film actor | | 1913 | Danny Kaye, American film actor | | 1933 | David Bellamy, English botanist and TV celebraty |
Events:| 1778 | Captain Cook discovered what is now called the Hawiian Islands | | 1871 | Germany had its first emperor, King Wilhelm of Prussia | | 1911 | A plane landed on the deck of a ship for the first time, in the USA | | 1936 | Rudyard Kipling, the English author of 'Jungle Book', died | | 1944 | The seige of Lenningrad, in the USSR, by the Germans ended after over two years | | 1967 | Jeremy Thorpe was elected leader of the Liberal Party |
Anniversaries on: January 19, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1736 | James Watt, Scottish 'steam' inventor | | 1747 | Johann Bode, German astronomer; formulated 'Bodes Law' | | 1807 | Robert E. Lee, American Civil War general | | 1809 | Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet | | 1943 | Janis Joplin, American rock singer | | 1946 | Dolly Parton, US country singer & film actress | | 1966 | Stefan Edberg, Swedish born tennis player |
Events:| 1793 | King Louis XVI was sentenced to death by the French Convention | | 1915 | German zeppelins bombed London for the first time in World War I | | 1942 | Japanese forces invaded Burma during World War 2 | | 1962 | A Czech student set himself on fire in protest against the USSR | | 1991 | The Presidential Palace in Iraq was attacked as the Gulf War began | | 1992 | A new Bulgarian President was elected in the countries first free elections |
Anniversaries on: January 20, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1896 | George Burns, American comedian | | 1920 | Federico Fellini, Italian born film director | | 1926 | Patricia Neal, American film actress | | 1930 | Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, The second man to walk on the Moon | | 1934 | Tom Baker, Actor; played 'Dr Who' | | 1946 | Malcolm McLaren, British rock impresario | | 1950 | Liza Goddard, Actress | | 1971 | Gary Barlow, Of 'Take That' |
Events:| 1265 | The first ever English Parliament met in Westminster Hall | | 1841 | The island of Hong Kong was occupied by the British | | 1961 | John F. Kennedy became the 35th president of the United States | | 1961 | The Queen began a tour of India, Pakistan, Nepal and Iran | | 1981 | 52 Americans held hostage in their embassy in Teheran, Iran, were released | | 1986 | The British and French agreed on a twin tunnel rail link for the Channel Tunnel | | 1987 | The Archbishop of Canterbury's special envoy, Terry Waite, disapperaed in Beirut | | 1993 | Audrey Hepburn, the Hollywood film actress, died |
Anniversaries on: January 21, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1824 | Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, American general | | 1924 | Benny Hill, English comedian | | 1924 | Telly Savalas, American film & television actor | | 1940 | Jack Nicklaus, American golfer | | 1941 | Placido Domingo, Spanish Operatic tenor | | 1945 | Martin Shaw, Actor in 'The Professionals' | | 1950 | Billy Ocean, Soul singer |
Events:| 1793 | Louis XVI, the King of France, was guillotined during the French revolution | | 1911 | The first ever Monte Carlo Car Rally was held | | 1950 | George Orwell, the British author of '1984' & 'Animal Farm', died | | 1954 | The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear powered submarine, was launched | | 1959 | Famous Hollywood film director, Cecil B. De Mille, died aged 77 | | 1976 | The supersonic airliner 'Concorde' began its regular commercial service | | 1978 | The Liberal Party voted to continue with the Lib-Lab pact until July |
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