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Anniversaries on: January 31, 2010
Birthdays: | | 1797 | Franz Schubert, Austrian composer | | 1882 | Anna Pavlova, Celebrated Russian prima ballerina | | 1903 | Lord Soper, Methodist minister and left wing activist | | 1921 | Mario Lanza, American Tenor & film actor, who died suddenly aged 38 | | 1931 | Christopher Chataway, Former British athlete & conservative MP | | 1938 | Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands | | 1951 | Phil Collins, Drummer and Rock singer | | 1966 | Alan Jaworskey, Of the Pop group 'Jesus Jones' |
Events:| 1606 | Guy Fawkes, the 'Gunpowder Plot', conpirator was executed | | 1867 | The four bronze lions at the base of Nelsons Column were completed | | 1958 | America launched its first satellite, Explorer I, from Cape Canaverel | | 1966 | Britain banned all trade with Rhodesia, Africa | | 1968 | The Island of Mauritius became independent of Britain | | 1983 | A law came into force, making the wearing of seat belts in cars obligatory | | 1983 | The film 'Ghandi' won five prizes at the Hollywood Golden Globe awards | | 1986 | The Greater London Council & six Metropolitan councils were abolished | | 1994 | German based BMW bought Rover cars from British Aerospace for 800 million | | 1995 | Extensive foolding struck much of Europe; Holland alone evacuated 100,000 people in danger |
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