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Anniversaries on: April 9, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1806 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Victorian engineer | | 1898 | Paul Robeson, American actor and singer | | 1906 | Hugh Gaitskell, Politician | | 1937 | Valerie Singleton, Former 'Blue Peter' presenter | | 1941 | Hannah Gorden, British actress | | 1957 | Severiano Ballesteros, Spanish golfer |
Events:| 1770 | The British explorer Captain Cook arrived in Botany Bay, Australia | | 1865 | The American Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate forces | | 1940 | German forces invaded Denmark and Norway during World War 2 | | 1945 | The American USS Liberty exploded in Bari harbour, Italy, killing 360 of the crew | | 1957 | The Suez Canal, Egypt, was cleared and opened to shipping | | 1969 | The maiden test flight of the British built Concorde took place | | 1980 | Israeli troops moved into Leanon |
Anniversaries on: April 10, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1829 | William Booth, Foudner of the Salvation Army | | 1847 | Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner | | 1929 | Max Von Sydow, Swedish born actor | | 1932 | Omar Sharif, Egyptian born actor | | 1940 | Gloria Hunniford, Television & radio presenter | | 1941 | Chuck Connors, American film actor | | 1953 | David Moorcroft, British athlete |
Events:| 1633 | Bananas went on sale for the first time in Britain | | 1841 | The New York Tribune was published for the very first time | | 1849 | The safety pin was patented in the United States | | 1912 | The liner 'Titanic' left Southampton on her first (and only) voyage | | 1924 | The first ever book of crosswords was published in the United States | | 1960 | The Civil Rights Bill was passed in the American Senate | | 1972 | An agreement, banning the use of biological weapons, was signed by 46 countries | | 1984 | The Solar Max satellite was sucessfully retrieved by Shuttle astronauts | | 1986 | Miss Bhutto returned to Pakistan from exile |
Anniversaries on: April 11, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1770 | George Canning, Former British Prime Minister | | 1819 | Charles Halle, Pianist & conductor | | 1908 | Dan Maskell, Tennis player/commentator/coach | | 1933 | Joel Grey, American actor & singer | | 1938 | Jill Gascoigne, British actress | | 1966 | Lisa Stansfield, Singer |
Events:| 1814 | Former French leader Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the island of Elba | | 1855 | The first pillar boxes in London were erected, which were painted green | | 1929 | The cartoon character 'Popeye' made his film debut | | 1941 | Belgrade, in Yugoslavia, was occupied by German forces during World War 2 | | 1945 | At the end of World War 2, the Red army entered the Austrian city of Vienna | | 1951 | General MacArthur was relieved of command in the Far East, over Korea | | 1970 | The American Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched to the Moon | | 1983 | The British film 'Ghandi' won a total of eight Oscars | | 1985 | A bomb exploded in Columbo, Sri Lanka, shorty before PM Margaret Thatcher arrived on a visit |
Anniversaries on: April 12, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1913 | Lionel Hampton, American bandleader | | 1939 | Alan Ayckbourn, Playwright | | 1941 | Bobby Moore, British footballer | | 1947 | David Letterman, American chat show host | | 1950 | David Cassidy, Pop & television star |
Events:| 1606 | The Union Jack was adopted as the official flag of England | | 1861 | The American Civil War began between the Union & Confederate states | | 1945 | Franklin D. Roosvelt, the 32nd American President, died | | 1961 | Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth | | 1982 | The naval blockade of the Falklands, by the British, began | | 1983 | The British film Gandhi won eight Oscars |
Anniversaries on: April 13, 2008
Birthdays: | | 1743 | Thomas Jefferson, Former American President | | 1771 | Richard Trevithick, British steam engineer | | 1852 | F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores | | 1919 | Howard Keel, American actor and singer | | 1937 | Edward Fox, British film actor | | 1951 | Peter Davison, Actor who has played 'Dr Who' | | 1963 | Gary Kasparov, Russian world champion chess player | | 1970 | Ricky Schroder, American film actor |
Events:| 1668 | John Dryden became the first ever Poet Laureate | | 1829 | The British Parliament passed the Catholic Emancipation Act | | 1912 | The Royal Flying Corps was created by Royal Charter | | 1919 | The Amritsar Massacre took place in the Punjab, India | | 1962 | An international agreement was signed, to stop oil pollution of seas & beaches | | 1963 | Ian Smith became the Prime Minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) | | 1964 | Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an Oscar for best actor | | 1967 | Conservative councillors gained a landslide victory in the GLC elections | | 1970 | The American spacecraft Apollo 13, enroute to the Moon, had an onboard explosion | | 1981 | Lord Scarman headed the enquiry into the Brixton riots |
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