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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 |
Anniversaries on: February 21, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1801 | John Henry Newman, English cardinal and writer | | 1907 | W.H Auden, English poet | | 1910 | Eddie Waring. Rugby league commentator | | 1924 | Robert Mugabe,, First Prime Minister of Zimbabwe | | 1934 | Nina Simone, American singer | | 1937 | Jilly Cooper, English novelist |
Events:| 1804 | The first ever steam train to run on rails was demonstrated by Richard Trevithick | | 1931 | The 'New Statesman' was published for the first time | | 1938 | Malcolm X, black US muslim leader, was shot dead during a meeting | | 1960 | Cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalised all businesses in Cuba | | 1972 | US President Richard Nixon went on visit to China, to help improve relations | | 1984 | United States Marines began leaving Beirut airport, Lebanon | | 1985 | Isabel Peron resigned as head of Peronist party in Argentina |
Anniversaries on: February 22, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1732 | George Washington, First President of United States | | 1857 | Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement | | 1908 | John Mills, English film and television actor | | 1926 | Kenneth Williams, English comedy actor & star of many 'Carry On' films | | 1928 | Bruce Forsyth, Comdedian & game show host | | 1950 | Julie Walters, Comedienne and actress | | 1953 | Nigel Planer, Comedy actor and writer |
Events:| 1879 | Frank Woolworth opened his first 'Woolworths' store in Utica, New York state | | 1886 | The Times newspaper became the first to publish a classified personal column | | 1980 | Martial Law was declared in Kabul by Soviet occupation forces | | 1982 | Britain and US sent ships to Persian Gulf following Iranian offensive | | 1987 | Further Syrian troops were deployed in West Beirut to keep the peace | | 1991 | Iraq began setting fire to Kuwait's oil installations | | 1994 | Iraq began flooding its southern marshes to destroy the Shia Muslims living there |
Anniversaries on: February 23, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1633 | Samuel Pepys, Diarist and civil servant | | 1685 | Geroge Frederic Handel, German operatic composer | | 1883 | Victor Flemming, American film director of 'Wizard of OZ' | | 1899 | Erich Kastner, German children's author | | 1940 | Peter Fonda, American film actor, 'Easy Rider' | | 1955 | Howard Jones, Singer | | 1959 | Linda Nolan, Singer with the 'Nolans' |
Events:| 1836 | The seige at the Alamo, Texas, began - only six people survived | | 1919 | The Italian Fascist Party was founded by Benito Mussolini | | 1920 | Britain's first regular broadcasting service began, from Marconi's studios in Chelmsford | | 1950 | Britain held a General Election; the Labour Party won | | 1965 | Stan Laurel, the film comedian teamed with Oliver Hardy, died | | 1970 | Guyana became an independent republic within the Commonwealth | | 1981 | Spanish army officers attempted a coup in the Spanish Parliament | | 1991 | The military seized power in Thailand, Asia | | 1993 | An estimated 27,000 Indians were arrested on the eve of a Hindu rally |
Anniversaries on: February 24, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1786 | Wilhelm Grimm, Author of fairy tales | | 1885 | Chester Nimitz, United States navy admiral | | 1931 | Brian Close, British cricketer | | 1932 | Michel Legrand, French born film music composer | | 1942 | Paul Jones, Blues singer and broadcaster | | 1948 | Dennis Waterman, English TV actor ('Minder' & 'The Sweeny') | | 1955 | Alain Prost, French Formula 1 racing driver |
Events:| 1920 | Nancy Astor became the first woman to address Parliament | | 1932 | Malcolm Campbell set a new land speed record in 'Bluebird', in the USA | | 1938 | Nylon was commercially used for the first time in toothbrush bristles | | 1946 | Juan Peron was elected as the President of Argentina | | 1968 | The discovery of the first pulsar in space was announced | | 1969 | Mariner 6, the first spacecraft to fly by Mars, was launched | | 1981 | The engagement of Prince Charles and Lady Diana was announced | | 1991 | In its first free elections since the collapse of communism, Lithuania rejected the Communist Party |
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