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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 |
Anniversaries on: January 22, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1561 | Francis Bacon, English politician and philospher | | 1788 | Lord Byron, English poet | | 1875 | D.W Griffith, American film director/producer | | 1921 | Sir Alf Ramsey, Manager of England's World Cup squad | | 1937 | Nyree Dawn Porter, English actress | | 1940 | John Hurt, English born film actor; 'Alien' | | 1948 | George Foreman, American heavyweight boxer |
Events:| 1771 | The Falkland Islands were given to Britain by the Spanish | | 1879 | British troops were massacred by the Zulus at Isandhlwana, South Africa | | 1924 | Ramsey MacDonald became the first British Labour Prime Minister | | 1927 | A football match was broadcast over the radio for the very first time | | 1941 | Tobruk, North Africa, was captured by Australian troops | | 1944 | Allied forces landed at Anzio, Italy | | 1947 | The fresh meat ration was reduced to 1s (5p) per week in Britain | | 1972 | The United Kingdom joined the Common Market | | 1974 | Loyalists were expelled from the Northern Ireland Assembley |
Anniversaries on: January 23, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1832 | Edouard Manet, French artist | | 1899 | Lord Denning, Master of the Rolls for 20 years | | 1903 | Randolph Scott, American film actor | | 1919 | Bob Paisley, Former manager of Liverpool FC | | 1950 | Patrick Simmons, Of the 'Doobie Brothers' | | 1957 | Princess Caroline of Monaco |
Events:| 1556 | An earthquake in Shensi Province, China, killed 830,000 people | | 1571 | The Royal Exchange, in London, was founded | | 1931 | The Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova died at her Hampstead Heath home, aged 49 | | 1943 | British forces captured the city of Tripoli, Libya, from the Germans | | 1963 | Kim Philby, the double agent, defected to Russia | | 1985 | A House of Lords debate was televised for the first time | | 1990 | Gales of up to 115mph caused much damage, and four people were killed | | 1991 | During the Gulf War, virtually all of Iraqs radar & runway facilities had been destroyed |
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