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Anniversaries on: January 24, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1917 | Ernest Borgnine, American film and television actor | | 1928 | Desmond Morris, English zoologist and author | | 1935 | Bamber Gascoigne, Presenter, broadcaster & author | | 1941 | Neil Diamond, American singer/songwriter | | 1949 | John Belushi, American comedy actor | | 1961 | Nastassja Kinski, German born film actress |
Events:| 1848 | Gold was first discovered in California, which then started the gold rush | | 1916 | Conscription began in Britain | | 1935 | Beer, in cans, was sold for the first time, in Virginia (United States) | | 1965 | Winston Churchill, Britains wartime prime minister, died | | 1975 | Dr Coggan became the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury | | 1978 | A Russian satellite accidently crashed in Canada's Northwest Territory | | 1985 | The space shuttle 'Discovery' was launced on its first military mission | | 1987 | The were violent clashes, and many arrests, outside the Wapping print works | | 1991 | Operation 'Desert Storm' against Iraq continued with thousands of air sorties |
Anniversaries on: January 25, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1759 | Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet | | 1882 | Virginia Woolf, English novelist | | 1922 | Raymond Baxter, Broadcaster; presenter of 'Tomorrows World' | | 1939 | Angela Thorne, Actress | | 1944 | Leigh Taylor-Young, Hollywood actress | | 1956 | Andy Cox, Of the Beat/Fine Young Cannibals | | 1962 | Emma Freud, Television presenter |
Events:| 1917 | The United States bought the Virgin islands for 25 million dollars | | 1924 | The first ever Winter Olympic games were held, in French alps | | 1972 | The Worlds first kidney & pancreatic tissue transplant was carried out in London | | 1974 | Dr Christian Barnard performed a heart transplant, leaving the original heart in place | | 1981 | The Social Democrats party was formed in UK | | 1984 | The government announced a ban on union membership at GCHQ | | 1985 | The first ever international hockey match was held | | 1990 | The American film actress, Ava Gardener, died in London | | 1992 | A selection of America's popular films began showing on Soviet television | | 1995 | The maxium speed limit for cocahes in Britain was reduced to 65 mph |
Anniversaries on: January 26, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1880 | Douglas MacArthur, American wartime general | | 1905 | Baroness Maria Von Trapp, On who the Sound Of Music was based | | 1908 | Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist | | 1922 | Michael Bentine, British comedian & writer | | 1925 | Paul Newman, American Actor & Oscar winner | | 1928 | Eartha Kitt, American singer/actress | | 1945 | Marti Caine, English comic | | 1957 | Eddie Van Halen, Rock guitarist | | 1958 | Norman Hassan, Of the group 'UB40' |
Events:| 1788 | The first English convicts arrived in Australia | | 1823 | Edward Jenner, the pioneer of vaccination, died | | 1841 | Hong Kong became a British soverign territory | | 1871 | The English Rugby Union was formed in London | | 1905 | The world's largest diamond was found near Pretoria, South Africa | | 1950 | India became a democratic republic within the Commonwealth | | 1956 | Heroin imports and exports were banned in the United Kingdom | | 1972 | The first London performance of 'Godspel' took place | | 1986 | The Sunday Times & News of the World were printed at Wapping for the first time | | 1990 | Hurricane force winds caused much damage in southern Britain | | 1994 | A protester fired blanks at Prince Charles on his tour in Sydney |
Anniversaries on: January 27, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1756 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer | | 1832 | Lewis Carrol, Author of 'Alice In Wonderland' | | 1885 | Jerome Kern, Songwriter | | 1928 | Michael Craig, Actor & stage star | | 1945 | Nick Mason, Of 'Pink Floyd' | | 1961 | Martin Degville, Of 'Sigue Sigue Sputnik' | | 1973 | Mark Owen, Of 'Take That' |
Events:| 1778 | The valve flush toilet was patented by Joseph Bramh | | 1926 | John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television | | 1943 | The United States Air Force made its first bombing raid on Germany | | 1967 | Three American astronauts were killed in an Apollo spacecraft ground test | | 1969 | Protestant leader Ian Paisley was jailed for three months | | 1989 | In Brazil, three men were charged with stealing and melting down the World Cup |
Anniversaries on: January 28, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1833 | General Gordon, British army commander, killed in the Sudan | | 1841 | Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone | | 1921 | Alfred Marks, English comedian | | 1929 | Acker Bilk, Jazz musician/clarinet player | | 1936 | Alan Alda, American actor & television star of M*A*S*H | | 1944 | Bobby Ball, British stage comedian of 'Cannon & Ball' fame | | 1948 | Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer | | 1959 | Dave Sharp, Of the group 'The Alarm' |
Events:| 1547 | King Henry VIII of England died | | 1896 | The first ever speeding fine in Britain was given | | 1932 | Japanese forces occupied Shanghai, and then went on to invade the rest of China | | 1935 | Iceland became the first country to legalise abortion | | 1953 | Derek Bentley was hanged after being convicted for murdering a policeman | | 1957 | Prince Charles spent his first day at school | | 1984 | Snooker player Kirk Stevens scored a maximum 147 break | | 1986 | The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take off, killing all onboard |
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