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Boris Spassky (1937), Soviet chess champion
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882), Former (32nd) American President
Patrick Heron (1920), Artist
Percy Thrower (1913), Popular gardener and broadcaster
Gene Hackman (1931), American stage and 'Oscar' winning screen actor
John Profumo (1915), Former Secretary of State for War
Vanessa Redgrave (1937), Stage and screen actress
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1979 Rhodesian whites voted to transfer to majority rule
1933 Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany
1649 King Charles I was executed, having been found guilty of treason
1965 Sir Winston Churchill, former PM, was given a state funeral
1972 In Ireland, British paratroopers believing they were under attack killed 13 people. This became known as 'Bloody Sunday'
1988 A microlight aircraft landed near Sydney, Australia, to create a record time of 55 days since leaving London
1888 The author and artist Edward Lear died in San Remo, Italy
1961 The first contraceptive pills went on sale in Britain