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Rod Stewart (1945), English rock singer
Johnny Ray (1927), American singer
Galina Ulanova (1910), Russian ballerina
John Acton, 1st Baron (1834), English historian
Paul Henreid (1908), Austrian born actor
George Foreman (1949), American boxer
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1992 An IRA bomb exploded only a short distance away from Downing Street
1989 Czechoslovakia announced it would stop the export of 'Semtex' explosive
1926 The science fiction classic, Metropolis, was screened for the first time
1920 The League of Nations held its first meeting in Geneva, Switzerland
1863 The first section of the London Underground was opened
1862 Samuel Colt, the American inventor of the Colt revolver, died
1840 The postal service, the 'penny post', began in Britain