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Madonna (1958), American rock singer
Jeff Thomson (1950), Australian cricketer
Trevor McDonald (1939), Newsreader
Menachem Begin, (1913), Israeli statesman
Ted Hughes (1930), English poet & former Poet Laureate
Arthur Cayley (1821), British mathematician
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1991 A helicopter carrying EC truce monitors in Yugoslavia was shot at
1977 Elvis Presley, the American rock singing legend, died
1960 The island of Cyprus became an independent republic
1949 Margaret Mitchell, the author of 'Gone With The Wind', died
1934 The deepest ever deep sea dive was made, reaching 923m (3028ft), in a bathysphere
1927 Wembley Stadium was sold as a greyhound racing track
1897 The Tate Gallery, funded by the sugar manufacturer Henry Tate, opened
1819 The Peterloo Massacre took place in Manchester
1738 Wilhelm Bunsen, the German chemist who invented the Bunsen Burner, died