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Anniversaries on: January 1, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1879 | E.M Forester, English novelist, author of 'A Room With A View' | | 1879 | William Fox, Founder of 20th Century Fox film studios | | 1895 | J. Edgar Hoover, Former head of American F.B.I | | 1923 | Milt Jackson, Jazz player | | 1933 | Joe Orton, British playright | | 1942 | Christopher Prout, Conservative politician | | 1954 | Richard Gibson, English actor; Herr Flick in 'Allo Allo' | | 1969 | Nicole Dickson, Australian actress in 'Home & Away' |
Events:| 1660 | Englishman Samuel Pepys began his famous diary | | 1781 | The first ever all iron bridge opened at Ironbridge, England | | 1858 | Van Dieman's Land was renamed Tasmania | | 1909 | In Britain, the first ever old age pensions were paid | | 1913 | Film censorship began in the Britain | | 1921 | Car tax discs were first introduced in Britain | | 1948 | British Railways was nationalised | | 1961 | The birth control pill was launched in the UK | | 1973 | Britain became a member of the European Economic Community | | 1977 | Britain (along with others) extended its fishing limit to 200 miles | | 1981 | Greece became the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community |
Anniversaries on: January 2, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1727 | James Wolfe, General who captured the city of Quebec, Canada | | 1866 | Gilbert Murray, Classical scholar | | 1897 | Jimmy Nervo, Member of the Crazy Gang | | 1920 | Issac Asimov, Biochemist & science fiction writer | | 1930 | Juilius La Rosa, 50's star | | 1938 | David Bailey, English photographer | | 1957 | Robyn Gibbes, Australian soap actress |
Events:| 1635 | Cardinal Richelieu founded the Academie Francaise | | 1839 | The first ever photographs of the Moon were taken | | 1967 | Ronald Reagan became the governer of California, United States | | 1968 | The worlds first heart transplant was carried out | | 1972 | The American spacecraft Mariner 9 began mapping the planet Mars | | 1974 | Museums and Galleries began charging admission for the first time | | 1976 | Gales throughout the Britain caused widespread damage | | 1983 | English television comedian Dick Emery died |
Anniversaries on: January 3, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1883 | Clement Atlee, British politician | | 1892 | J.R Tolkien, English author of 'Lord Of The Rings' | | 1907 | Ray Milland, American film actor | | 1909 | Victor Borge, Danish born comedian and musician | | 1936 | David Vine, Sports commentator | | 1942 | John Thaw, English television & film actor | | 1945 | Victoria Principal, American actress |
Events:| 1795 | Josiah Wedgwood, the famous English potter, died | | 1924 | The sarcophagus of Tutankhamen was discovered by Howard Carter | | 1959 | Alaska became the 49th United State, bought from Russia | | 1971 | The Open University began broadcasting on television | | 1985 | 12,000 Ethiopian jews were airlifted to Israel | | 1988 | Margaret Thatcher became Britains longest serving 20th century Prime Minister | | 1992 | The 15th ceasefire was announced in former Yugoslavia | | 1993 | The Russian and American leaders signed the second START agreement in Moscow |
Anniversaries on: January 4, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1809 | Louis Braille, Devised the Braille system for the blind | | 1878 | Augustus John, Welsh artist | | 1914 | Jane Wyman, American actress | | 1935 | Floyd Patterson, American heavyweight boxer | | 1939 | Dyan Cannon, American actress | | 1943 | John McLaughlin, Jazz and blues singer |
Events:| 1885 | An appendix was successfuly removed for the first time in Iowa, USA | | 1936 | The first ever music chart was compiled, in the United States | | 1944 | The British, during WW2, launched an attack on Monte Cassino, Italy | | 1951 | Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul, Korea | | 1959 | The Luna 1 spacecraft became the first to leave Earth's gravity | | 1978 | The PLO representative in London was shot dead | | 1981 | A broadway show called 'Frankensetin' opened and closed on the same day | | 1985 | Britain's first baby was born to a surrogate mother for commercial reasons | | 1989 | Two Libyan jets were shot down by US aircraft in the Mediterranen |
Anniversaries on: January 5, 2009
Birthdays: | | 1902 | Stella Gibbons, English novelist and poet | | 1931 | Robert Duvall, American film actor | | 1931 | Alfred Brendal, Austrian concert pianist | | 1938 | King Juan Carlos of Spain | | 1942 | Jan Leeming, Television newsreader | | 1946 | Dianne Keaton, American film actress | | 1950 | Chris Stein, Of 'Blondie' |
Events:| 1896 | X-Rays were demonstrated by their discover, Wilhelm Rontgen | | 1925 | The first American female governer was elected | | 1938 | The BBC broadcast its first radio comedy series, 'Bandwagon' | | 1964 | The London Underground installed its first automatic ticket barrier | | 1968 | Alexander Dubceck became the new Prime Minister of Czecholslovakia | | 1972 | NASA announced its plans for a new space vehicle, the shuttle | | 1976 | A new law made French the only language allowed in advertising throughout France | | 1992 | The oil tanker 'Braer' was wrecked in the Shetland Islands, discharging large amounts of crude oil |
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