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1940 - A nightclub fire kills 200 in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. 1968 - The 1st decimal coins appear - 5p & 10p. 1982 - The ZX Spectrum is released. 1988 - Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon finally quits the charts after 740 weeks. Born today: 1564 - William Shakespeare, playwright 1928 - Shirley Temple, child actress 1939 - Lee Majors, bionic man Died today: 303 - St George, Roman soldier & martyr 1616 - Miguel Cervantes, author 1616 - William Shakespeare, on his birthday 1850 - William Wordsworth, poet 1975 - William Hartnell, 1st Dr Who 2005 - John Mills, actor

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1184BC - The Greeks enter Troy via the Trojan Horse (trad). 1916 - Irish nationalists begin the Easter Rising. 1932 - The Mass Trespass takes place by thousands of ramblers on Kinder Scout in the Peak Districk. 1965 - The 250 mile Pennine Way footpath is opened. 2003 - Britain's entry in the European Song Contest gets 'null points'. Born today: 1924 - Clement Freud, radio personality 1934 - Shirley MacLaine, actress 1941 - John Williams, guitarist 1942 - Barbra Streisand, actress

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1719 -'Robinson Crusoe' is published, based on a true story. 1792 - Highwayman Nicolas Pallatier is 1st peep to be executed by the guillotine. 1915 - Battle of Gallipoli. 1982 - Royal Marines recapture South Georgia in the Falklands. 2005 - A rail crash in Amagasaki, Japan leaves 107 dead. Born today: 1932 - William Roach, aka Ken Barlow, Coro actor 1940 - Al Pacino, actor 1945 - Bjorn Ulvaeus, ABBA musician 1947 - Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer 1969 - Renee Zellweger, actress Died today: 1972 - George Sanders, actor 1995 - Ginger Rogers, dancer 2007 - Alan Ball, footballer

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1886 - John Tiller creates 'The Tiller Girls'. 1895 - Oscar Wilde is charged with homosexuality. 1933 - The Gestapo is established. 1942 - The worst mining disaster - 1,549 miners are killed in an explosion at the Honkeiko colliery in Manchuria. 1957 - Patrick Moore presents The Sky at Night for the 1st time. 1986 - The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant leaks. 1989 - Naas, Co Kildare holds its 1st annual pig race. It was won by Porky's Revenge. 1994 - An Airbus crashes at Nagoya airport in Japan killing 264. Born today: 1926 - David Coleman, sports commentator 1927 - Jack Douglas, actor 1947 - Warren Clarke, actor 1963 - Jet Li, martial artist Died today: 1976 - Sid James, actor 1984 - Count Basie, musician 1989 - Lucille Ball, comedy actress 1999 - Jill Dando, TV presenter

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1296 - Edward I defeats the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. 1865 - The steamboat Sultana explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River killing 1,700. 1939 - Conscription for men ages 20/21 introduced. 1992 - Betty Boothroy 1st woman Speaker in the House of Commons. 1993 - All members of the Zambian national football team are killed in a plane crash. Born today: 1944 - Michael Fish, weatherman 1957 - Eric Bristow, darts player 1959 - Sheena Easton, singer 1969 - Darcey Burrell, ballerina

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Betty BoothroyD Darcey BuSSel

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Glad someone's paying attention - just checking

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No probs mate, jus thought I owed you 1

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You do? Well, that's very kind of you - I'll have a pint.

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The very next time we meet ..... (providing you're not riding ) Em

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1192 - Conrad I, King of Jerusalem, is murdered by the Hashshashin; from which we derive the word 'assassin'. 1789 - Fletcher Christian leads the Mutiny on the Bounty. 1876 - Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India. 1923 - The 1st FA Cup Final is played. 1947 - Thor Heyerdahl sets sail on the Kon-Tiki. Born today; 1941 - Ann-Margret, actress and looker 1942 - Mike Brierley, cricketer 1948 - Terry Pratchett, fantasy writer Died today: 1945 - Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist leader 1999 - Sir Alf Ramsey, footy manager

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1945 - Adolf Hitler romantically married Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker. 1967 - Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title for refusing to join the US army. 1990 - Stephen Hendry becomes the youngest world snooker champion aged 21 yrs 106 days. 1991 - SE Bangladesh is hit by a 155mph cyclone, killing 138,000. Born today: 1933 - Willie Nelson, country singer 1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis, actor 1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, actress 1970 - Uma Thurman, actress Died today: 1980 - Alfred Hitchcock, film director

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1789 - George Washington becomes 1st US President. 1803 - The US doubles its size by purchasing Louisiana from the French for $15m. 1900 - Train engineer Casey Jones dies in the wreck of the Cannonball Express. 1948 - The Land Rover is unveiled at the Amsterdam Motor Show. 1952 - Anne Frank's Diary is publicised. 1975 - The Fall of Saigon signals the end of the Vietnam War. Born today: 1933 - Dickie Davies, sports commentator 1947 - Leslie Grantham, actor, aka 'Dirty Den' Died today: 1945 - Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun commit suicide 1974 - Agnes Moorehead, witch 1983 - Muddy Waters, musician 1989 - Sergio Leone, spaghetti maker

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Shouldn't that be spagetti western maker

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Twas havin a laff, em. As Agnes Moorehead as a witch, as she played the mother 'witch' in the series 'Bewitched'.

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Ahh

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1517 - Londoners attacked foreign residents - 60 rioters hanged. 1707 - The Union of Scotland & England. 1840 - The Penny Black stamp went on sale. 1851 - Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. 1869 - The Folies Bergere opens in Paris. 1915 - The Lusitania is torpedoed off Ireland. 1916 - End of the Easter Rising in Ireland; 400 were killed. 1955 - Stirling Moss becomes the 1st Brit to win the Mille Miglia. Born today: 1937 - Una Stubbs, actress 1939 - Judy Collins, folk singer 1945 - Rita Coolidge, singer 1946 - Joanna Lumley, actress Died today: 1873 - David Livingstone, missionary 1904 - Antonin Dvorak, composer 1965 - Spike Jones, musician 1978 - Aram Khachaturian, composer 1986 - Hilda Baker, comedy actress 1994 - Ayrton Senna, racing driver

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1611 - The Authorised Version of the Bible was published. 1797 - The Navy mutinies at Spithead. 1933 - The modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster was born. 1969 - The maiden voyage of the QE2. 1982 - The Argentinian battleship General Belgrano is sunk during the Falklands War. Born today: 1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck, singer 1946 - David Suchet, actor 1949 - Alan Titmarsh, gardener 1955 - Donatella Versace, fashion designer 1962 - Jimmy White, snooker player 1969 - Brian Lara, cricketer 1972 - The Rock, wrestler 1975 - David Beckham, footballer 1985 - Lily Allen, singer Died today: 1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, painter 1995 - Michael Hordern, actor 1999 - Oliver Reed, actor 2001 - Ted Rogers, 3-2-1

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1497 - 15,000 tax protesters from Cornwall attack London. 1926 - The General Strike begins, lasting until May 12th. 1956 - Granada TV broadcasts, ending the BBC monopoly. 1959 - 1st Grammy Awards announced. 1962 - A rail crash in Tokyo leaves 160 dead. 1999 - George Mallory's body is found on Mt Everest. He had gone missing over 60 years earlier. 1999 - Stephen Hendry wins the World Snooker Championship for a record 7th time. 2007 - Madelaine McCann disappears during a family holiday in Portugal. Born today: 1934 - Henry Cooper, boxer 1958 - Sandi Toksvig, radio presenter 1959 - Ben Elton, comedian

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1471 - York beats Lancaster at the Battle of Tewksbury, the last in the War of the Roses. 1780 - 1st Derby at Epson, named after the Earl of Derby. 1799 - Tipu Sultan is killed by the Brits at the Siege of Seringapatam. 1814 - Napoleon begins his exile on Elba. 1904 - Construction of the Panama Canal begins. 1979 - Maggie Thatcher becomes 1st woman PM. 1982 - HMS Sheffield is hit by an Exocet missile during the Falklands War; 20 sailors die. 2002 - An aircraft crash in Kano, Nigeria kills 148. Born today: 1923 - Eric Sykes, comedian 1952 - Michael Barrymore, entertainer Died today: 1984 - Diana Dors, actress

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