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Birthdays
1949
Bobby Farrell, Of the Pop group 'Boney M'
1947
Millie (Small), Pop singer
1946
Tony Greig, South African born, & former England cricket captain
1939
Melvyn Bragg, Writer and TV presenter of 'The South Bank Show'
1930
Ritchie Benaud, Sports commentator & former Australian test cricketer
1906
Janet Gaynor, Winner of the very first 'Oscar'
1820
Jenny Lind, Operatic soprano, known as the 'Swedish Nightingale'
Events:
1992
At a gold mine, near Dolgellau in Wales, a new Welsh gold seam was discovered
1985
At Brands Hatch in Kent, Nigel Mansell won his first Grand Prix
1981
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in Cairo
1978
The first ever woman train driver began work on the 'Underground'
1891
W H Smith, the English politician, bookseller and newsagent, died
1883
The Orient Express travelled from Paris to Istanbul in almost 78 hours, on its maiden run
1829
In trials for the Liverpool and Manchester railway, Stephenson's 'Rocket' was successful
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