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Nat King Cole (1919), Popular American singer and pianist
Robin Knox-Johnson (1939), The first solo round the world yachtsman
Rudolf Nureyev (1938), World renowned Russian ballet dancer
Kate Greenaway (1846), English illustrator
Clarence Clemons (1941), Of the group 'E Street Band'
Lesley-Ann Down (1954), English television & film actress
Penelope Lively (1933), Novelist
Patrick Duffy (1949), American television actor; 'Dallas'
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1988 The chess Euwe memorial tournament in Amsterdam was won by Nigel Short after a draw with Anatoly Karpov
1983 The third letter bomb addressed to the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in three days, was defused
1983 A copy of Lord Nelsons orders to the fleet before the battle of Trafalgar was sold for 6,000 pounds
1978 The oil-tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground on the Brittany coast, & around 220,000 tons of oil was discharged into the sea
1899 The first ever radio distress signal was sent, from a ship off the Kent coast
1958 The shape of the Earth was measured for the first time by satellite
1945 American forces defeated the Japanese at the battle of Iwo Jima
1649 Cromwell abolished the monarchy and declared England a Commonwealth
1337 Edward the Black Prince became the first ever 'Duke', when he was made Duke of Cornwall