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Robert Stephenson (1803), English civil engineer; built railway lines and bridges
Gary Kemp (1960), Member of the Pop group 'Spandau Ballet'
Eugene O'Neill (1888), American playwright and Nobel prize winner for literature
Oscar Wilde (1854), Irish born novelist and playwright
Simon Ward (1940), Stage and screen actor
Max Bygraves (1922), Popular singer and entertainer
Terry Griffiths (1947), Welsh world champion snooker player
Bob Weir (1947), Of the Pop group 'Grateful Dead'
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1555 An English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, was burned at the stake for heresy
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic
1793 The Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, was found guilty of treason & executed by guillotine in Paris
1834 A fire destroyed the Palace of Westminster
1964 Harold Wilson became Prime Minister (Labour)
1978 John Paul II became the first non-Italian Pope
1987 Hurricane force winds battered Britain, causing severe damage & destroying thousands of trees
1984 Bishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel peace prize