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Mary Tudor (1517), Daughter of Henry VIII
Alessandro Volta (1745), Italian scientist
Len Deighton (1929), English novelist
Ernst Mach (1838), Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named
John Travolta (1954), American film actor; 'Grease'
Ned Sherrin (1931), British broadcaster and writer
Bobby Robson (1933), Former England football manager
Greta Scacchi (1959), American film actress
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1994 The Queen went on a state visit to the Caribbean
1972 A report suggested that alcohol abuse was the nation's biggest problem
1965 The Gambia became an independent country within the Commonwealth
1967 Robert Oppenheimer, the American inventor of the atomic bomb, died
1930 The planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh
1915 During World War 1, Germany blockaded Britain with submarines
1911 The world's first official regular air mail service began
1876 The first direct telegraph link from Britain to New Zealand was set up