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Felix Mendelssohn (1809), German composer
Lol Tolhurst (1959), Of the Pop group 'The Cure'
Val Doonican (1929), Irish singer and TV entertainer
Elaine Padmore (1947), Opera singer and director
Iain Hamilton (1920), Journalist and author
Jeremy Kemp (1935), Actor of stage, screen and TV
Frankie Vaughan (1928), Popular singer during the 50's and 60's
James Michener (1907), American author 'The Fires of Spring'
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1992 India's Kapil Dev became the second bowler to take 400 Test wickets
1989 Twenty villages were evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
1988 Hundreds of nurses, striking for more pay and better Health Service funding, marched on Parliament
1988 The Prince and Princess of Wales ended their bicentennial tour of Australia
1966 The first soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft, Luna 9, took place
1959 Buddy Holly, the US singer and guitarist, died
1953 Hurricane force winds,and high tides, caused havoc on the east coast of Britain, leaving many drowned, & thousands homeless
1877 The paino piece 'chopsticks' was first registered