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Prince Albert (1819), Consort to Queen Victoria
Joseph Montgolfier (1740), With his brother invented the hot air balloon
Meryl Hampton (1952), Actress whose appearances include 'Crossroads'
HRH The Duke of Gloucester (1944)
John Buchan (1875), Scottish author of 'The Thirty Nine Steps'
Malcolm Pyrah (1941), British showjumper
Steve Wright (1948), Radio One DJ
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1981 Voyager made its closest approach to the planet Saturn, enroute to Uranus
1972 Sir Francis Chichester, the round the World yachtsman, died
1959 The Radio Show opened at Earls Court in London, with the appearance of some of the first 'transistor' radios
1940 The RAF bombed the German city of Berlin for the first time
1936 The first high definition television pictures were transmitted by the BBC
1920 Women in United States of America were given the right to vote
1906 German police discovered a bomb making factory run by Russians in Hamburg
1346 The Battle of Crecy took place between English and French forces