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General Gordon (1833), British army commander, killed in the Sudan
Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841), Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone
Alfred Marks (1921), English comedian
Acker Bilk (1929), Jazz musician/clarinet player
Alan Alda (1936), American actor & television star of M*A*S*H
Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948), Soviet ballet dancer
Dave Sharp (1959), Of the group 'The Alarm'
Bobby Ball (1944), British stage comedian of 'Cannon & Ball' fame
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1986 The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take off, killing all onboard
1984 Snooker player Kirk Stevens scored a maximum 147 break
1957 Prince Charles spent his first day at school
1953 Derek Bentley was hanged after being convicted for murdering a policeman
1935 Iceland became the first country to legalise abortion
1932 Japanese forces occupied Shanghai, and then went on to invade the rest of China
1896 The first ever speeding fine in Britain was given
1547 King Henry VIII of England died