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Mata Hari (1876), Dutch born dancer & spy
Louis Leakey (1903), British archaeologist
Alexei Sayle (1952), British comedian
Greg Chappell (1948), Australian cricketer
Kenneth Kendall (1924), Former newsreader
Nick Ross (1947), Broadcaster
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1963 The UN Security Council banned the sale of arms to South Africa
1961 Cosmonaut Titov circled the Earth for a full day in Vostok 2
1960 The Ivory Coast became independent from France
1959 The US launched Explorer 6 to take the first satellite photo of the Earth
1957 Oliver Hardy, the American film comedian, died
1942 American marines began their assault on Guadalcanal
1858 Ottawa was chosen as the capital of Canada by Queen Victoria
1926 Britain held its first ever motor racing grand prix at Brooklands
1840 Parliament banned the employmemt of climbing boys as chimney sweeps
1711 The first ever race meeting was held at Ascot