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Tipps: write 'napoleon' to receive all events related to Napoleon.
Write 'england' to see historical events in England.

Anniversaries on: January 28, 2008

Birthdays:
  1833General Gordon, British army commander, killed in the Sudan
  1841Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone
  1921Alfred Marks, English comedian
  1929Acker Bilk, Jazz musician/clarinet player
  1936Alan Alda, American actor & television star of M*A*S*H
  1944Bobby Ball, British stage comedian of 'Cannon & Ball' fame
  1948Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer
  1959Dave Sharp, Of the group 'The Alarm'

Events:
  1547King Henry VIII of England died
  1896The first ever speeding fine in Britain was given
  1932Japanese forces occupied Shanghai, and then went on to invade the rest of China
  1935Iceland became the first country to legalise abortion
  1953Derek Bentley was hanged after being convicted for murdering a policeman
  1957Prince Charles spent his first day at school
  1984Snooker player Kirk Stevens scored a maximum 147 break
  1986The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take off, killing all onboard
Anniversaries on: January 29, 2008

Birthdays:
  1862Frederick Delius, English composer
  1879W.C Fields, Stage and film comedian
  1909Viscount Tonypandy, Speaker of the House of Commons 1976 to 1983
  1924Brian Trubshaw, Test Pilot responsible for the Concorde airliner
  1933Sacha Distel, French singer
  1941Tom Selleck, American film and TV actor (TV's 'Magnum')
  1943Tony Blackburn, British disc jockey
  1950Jody Sheckter, South African born racing World Champion
  1961Pauline Henry, Of the Pop group 'The Chimes'

Events:
  1820King George III of Britain died at Windsor Castle, aged 81
  1964At Innsbruck in Austria, the 9th Winter Olympic games opened
  1964The screen actor Alan Ladd died from an overdose of alcohol and sedatives
  1966A bill was published by the government, permitting random breath tests
  1969Britain was refused entry into the European Economic Community
  1978Sweden became the first country to introduce a law, banning the use of aerosol sprays harmful to the ozone layer
  1986Oxford University Dons refused the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, an honorary degree
  


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