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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), German composer
Brian Clough (1935), Outspoken and renowned football manager
Timothy Dalton (1946), English actor of stage and screen
Florenz Ziegfield (1869), American impresario
Vivian Stanshall (1943), Of the 'Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band'
Roger Whitaker (1936), Singer/songwriter
Matthew Broderick (1963), American actor
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1946 Aneurin Bevan announced proposals for setting up a National Health Service
1958 The London Planetarium opened
1952 Vivien Leigh won an Oscar for her part in the film 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
1918 An offensive began on the Somme, the last major offensive of World War I
1556 Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was burnt at the stake in Oxford
1963 Alcatraz, maximum security prison on the island in San Francisco Bay, was closed after 29 years
1985 Sir Michael Redgrave, the English actor, died
1990 A London demonstration against the Poll Tax ended as a riot, with many arrests