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Henry Longfellow (1807), American poet
Elizabeth Taylor (1932), English born film actress
John Steinbeck (1902), US novelist of 'Of Mice & Men' & 'Grapes of Wrath'
Lawrence Durrell (1912), English novelist and poet
Paul Humphreys (1960), Of 'OMD'
Joanne Woodward (1930), British actress
Paddy Ashdown (1941), Liberal Democrats leader
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1995 Barings Bank, Britain's oldest merchant bank collapsed, with losses over 600 million
1994 The apartments of Prince Charles, in St James's Palace, were burgled
1991 An allied ceasefire in the Gulf War began; Iraqi forces withdrew from Kuwait
1980 Columbian guerrillas seized the Dominican Republic's embassy, in Columbia
1982 Legislation in the European Court was passed, banning corporal punishment in schools
1948 The Communist Party took control in Czechoslovakia
1942 The second world wars 'Battle of the Java Sea' took place
1933 The German parliament building (Reichstag) was destroyed by fire
1900 The Labour Party was founded, with Ramsay MacDonald as its secretary
1879 Two American chemists announced the discovery of saccharin