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On this day in 2001

BIRTHS
Freya Anderson, British swimmer, Birkenhead, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1999

BIRTHS
Brooklyn Beckham, son of David and Victoria Beckham, London, born in United Kingdom.
Corey Jordan, association football player, Bournemouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1998

BIRTHS
Alex Perry, association football player, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1997

BIRTHS
Danny Fletcher, English footballer, England, born in United Kingdom.
Freddie Woodman, English association football player, Croydon, born in United Kingdom.
Tennai Watson, association football player, London Borough of Hillingdon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1996

BIRTHS
Jamie Harney, Northern Irish footballer, Plumbridge, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1995

BIRTHS
Josh Inglis, Australian cricketer, Leeds, born in United Kingdom.
Max Litchfield, British Swimming Olympic Finalist at Rio 2016, Pontefract, born in United Kingdom.
Bill Milner, British actor, Teddington, born in United Kingdom.
Chlöe Howl, British singer and singer-songwriter, Ascot, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1994

BIRTHS
Callum Harriott, British footballer, London, born in United Kingdom.
Caroline Black, badminton player, Lisburn, born in United Kingdom.
Aj Tracey, British rapper from London, Brixton, born in United Kingdom.
Matthew Clare, badminton player, Ripon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1993

BIRTHS
James Drake, British professional wrestler, Blackpool, born in United Kingdom.
Conor Townsend, Footballer, Kingston upon Hull, born in United Kingdom.
Richard Peniket, British footballer, Stourbridge, born in United Kingdom.
Rory Hughes, rugby union player (1993-), Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1992

BIRTHS
Daniel Lloyd, British racing driver, Huddersfield, born in United Kingdom.
Christopher Durham, English cricketer, Stockport, born in United Kingdom.
Dyo, English R&B singer, London, born in United Kingdom.
Kieran Duffie, Scottish footballer, Clydebank, born in United Kingdom.
Koree Britton, rugby player, Torquay, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1991

BIRTHS
Sean Highdale, association football player, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Stuart O'keefe, English association football player, Eye, Suffolk, born in United Kingdom.
Will Taylor, Welsh rugby union player, Swansea, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1990

BIRTHS
Jacob Fairbank, rugby player, Halifax, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1988

BIRTHS
Josh Bowman, British actor, Windsor and Maidenhead, born in United Kingdom.
Adam Watts, British footballer, London, born in United Kingdom.
Ben Kavanagh, rugby league player, Halifax, born in United Kingdom.
Steven Burke, cyclist, Burnley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1987

BIRTHS
Tamzin Merchant, English actress, Haywards Heath, born in United Kingdom.
Gordon Reid, Scottish rugby union player, Irvine, born in United Kingdom.
Matthew Spriegel, English cricketer, Epsom, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1986

BIRTHS
Fasal Shahid, cricketer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
Alex Szostak, Scottish rugby league footballer, Keighley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1985

BIRTHS
Jake Buxton, British footballer, Sutton in Ashfield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1984

BIRTHS
Adetomiwa Edun, actor, Lagos, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1983

BIRTHS
Adam Deacon, actor, London Borough of Hackney, born in United Kingdom.
Alun Pugh, rugby player, Wales, born in United Kingdom.
Cate Le Bon, Welsh singer-songwriter, Penboyr, born in United Kingdom.
Kevin Braniff, Northern Irish association football player who plays for Lisburn Distillery, Belfast, born in United Kingdom.
Michael Price, English footballer, Ashington, born in United Kingdom.
Stewart Kean, Scottish footballer, Irvine, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1981

BIRTHS
Laura Michelle Kelly, British actress, Totton and Eling, born in United Kingdom.
James Walker, English cricketer born in 1981, Norwich, born in United Kingdom.
Alastair Ross, British politician, Belfast, born in United Kingdom.
Ewan Dowes, English rugby league and rugby union footballer, Carlisle, born in United Kingdom.
Donny Tourette, British musician, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Helen Wyman, English racing cyclist, St Albans, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1980

BIRTHS
Charlie Holcomb, English cricketer, Oklahoma, born in United Kingdom.
Phil Mcguire, Scottish footballer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1979

BIRTHS
Neil Best, Rugby union player from Ireland, Belfast, born in United Kingdom.
Jon Fratelli, British singer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
Johnny Greaves, English boxer, Forest Gate, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1978

BIRTHS
John Graham, English cricketer, born 1978, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, born in United Kingdom.
Nate Ackerman, American logician, New York City, born in United Kingdom.
Dave Tyack,, London, born in United Kingdom.
Timothy Roberts, English cricketer, Kettering, born in United Kingdom.
Wayne Goss, English make-up artist and YouTuber, Bridgwater, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1977

BIRTHS
Christian Jessen, British physician and television presenter, Hammersmith, born in United Kingdom.
Douglas Lee, British choreographer, Greater London, born in United Kingdom.
Gareth Wyatt, Welsh Rugby Union player, Pontypridd, born in United Kingdom.
Ian Lawson, British rower, Bradford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1976

BIRTHS
Hayley Evetts, British singer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
Craig Wilde, Television presenter, actor, Comedian, Entrepreneur, Voice Over artist, Hatfield, born in United Kingdom.
Simon Horsfall, English cricketer, Leeds, born in United Kingdom.
Robbie Blake, British footballer, Middlesbrough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1975

BIRTHS
Darren Shadford, English cricketer, Oldham, born in United Kingdom.
Andrew Pratt, English cricketer, Northampton, born in United Kingdom.
Julie Dibens, triathlete, Salisbury, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1973

BIRTHS
Penny Mordaunt, British politician, Torquay, born in United Kingdom.
Sue Harris, British musician, Ilford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1972

BIRTHS
Ian Garbutt, professional golfer, Doncaster, born in United Kingdom.
Alison Wheeler, British singer, United Kingdom, born in United Kingdom.
David Dawson, British choreographer, Greater London, born in United Kingdom.
Derek Jelley, rugby union player (1972-), Nuneaton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1971

BIRTHS
Geraldine O'rawe, Northern Irish actor, Belfast, born in United Kingdom.
Claire Baker, Scottish politician, Dunfermline, born in United Kingdom.
Jason Croot, British actor, Bradford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1970

BIRTHS
Michael Collins, researcher in the field of computational linguistics, Tremorfa, born in United Kingdom.
Shokat Ali, British snooker player, Accrington, born in United Kingdom.
Will Keen, British actor, Oxford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1969

BIRTHS
Steve Macauley, English footballer, Cove, Hampshire, born in United Kingdom.
Wayne Collins, English footballer, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
June Banks, English snooker player, Kent, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1968

BIRTHS
Patsy Kensit, British actress, Hounslow, born in United Kingdom.
Jim Gellatly, British DJ, Dundee, born in United Kingdom.
Christina Mckelvie, British politician, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
Graham Westley, footballer and manager and medal winner, Hounslow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1967

BIRTHS
Dave Rayner, English racing cyclist, Shipley, born in United Kingdom.
Ivan Lewis, British politician, Prestwich, born in United Kingdom.
Tim Vine, English comedian, Cheam, born in United Kingdom.
Sam Taylor-Johnson, British film director, Croydon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1966

BIRTHS
Robert Rosario, English footballer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Wash Westmoreland, American film director, Leeds, born in United Kingdom.
Michael Redman, New Zealand mayor, Yorkshire, born in United Kingdom.
Owen Archdeacon, Scottish footballer, Greenock, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1965

BIRTHS
Rachel Hirst, British rower, Cheltenham, born in United Kingdom.
John Deakin, British rower, Bedford, born in United Kingdom.
John Murphy, English film composer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Andrew Collins, British writer, Northampton, born in United Kingdom.
Paul W. S. Anderson, British film director, producer and screenwriter, Wallsend, born in United Kingdom.
Stephen Bell, Footballer, Lusaka, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1964

BIRTHS
Sujata Massey, American writer, Sussex, born in United Kingdom.
Dave Colclough, British poker player, Carmarthen, born in United Kingdom.
Cheryl Fergison, British actress, London, born in United Kingdom.
George G. Weston, British businessman, England, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1963

BIRTHS
Paul Cullen, English rugby league footballer and coach, Warrington, born in United Kingdom.
Nick Whale, British racing driver, England, born in United Kingdom.
Tony Mckenzie, British boxer, Leicester, born in United Kingdom.
Steve Bates, former English rugby union footballer, Merthyr Tydfil, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1962

BIRTHS
Simon Bisley, Graphic novelist, Sheffield, born in United Kingdom.
Shaun Burley, British engineer, United Kingdom, born in United Kingdom.
Paul Canoville, British footballer, Southall, born in United Kingdom.
Loretta Minghella,, Isle of Wight, born in United Kingdom.
Adrian Nicholas, British skydiver, Carlisle, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1960

BIRTHS
David Felgate, Welsh footballer, Blaenau Ffestiniog, born in United Kingdom.
Godfrey Bewicke-Copley,7th Baron Cromwell, British hereditary peer, United Kingdom, born in United Kingdom.
Janey Lee Grace, English musician, broadcaster and writer, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.
Iain Hesford, English footballer, Ndola, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1959

BIRTHS
Joanne Atkinson, British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Chipping Campden, born in United Kingdom.
Alan Cork, Footballer and manager, Derby, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1958

BIRTHS
Wendy Moore, English historian, England, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1957

BIRTHS
Lin Homer, British civil servant, Norfolk, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1956

BIRTHS
John Simons, British radio executive, Darlington, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1955

BIRTHS
Joey Jones, Welsh footballer, Llandudno, born in United Kingdom.
John Blair, British historian, archaeologist, and academic, Woking, born in United Kingdom.
James Weaver, British racecar driver, London, born in United Kingdom.
Boon Gould, English musician, Shanklin, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1954

BIRTHS
David Temple, UK conductor, Bromborough, born in United Kingdom.
Gary Stanley, footballer, Burton upon Trent, born in United Kingdom.
Willie Thorne, British snooker player, Leicester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1953

BIRTHS
Geoff Nicholson, British novelist and non-fiction writer, Sheffield, born in United Kingdom.
Nicholas Campion, English astrologer and writer, Bristol, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1952

BIRTHS
Peter Kuhfeld, British artist, Cheltenham, born in United Kingdom.
Lucy Partington, British murder victim, Sunderland, born in United Kingdom.
Les Cartwright, British association football player, Aberdare, born in United Kingdom.
David Richards, Baron Richards Of Herstmonceux, British general, Preston, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1951

BIRTHS
Chris Rea, English recording artist; singer-songwriter, Middlesbrough, born in United Kingdom.
Kenny Dalglish, Scottish association football player and manager, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
Peter O'sullivan, Welsh footballer, Colwyn Bay, born in United Kingdom.
Pete Haycock, British musician, Stafford, born in United Kingdom.
Glenis Willmott, British politician, Horden, born in United Kingdom.
Simon Finn, musician, Surrey, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1950

BIRTHS
Trevor Tunnicliffe, English cricketer, Gravesend, born in United Kingdom.
Wendy Dagworthy, British fashion designer, Gravesend, born in United Kingdom.
Ken Robinson, UK writer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1949

BIRTHS
Jeff Grayshon, English rugby league footballer and coach, River Spen, born in United Kingdom.
Jocelyn Burgener, Canadian politician, Coventry, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1948

BIRTHS
Michael Moran, British musician, Leeds, born in United Kingdom.
Chris Squire, English musician, songwriter and singer, London, born in United Kingdom.
Adrienne Posta, English actress, London, born in United Kingdom.
Shakin' Stevens, Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter, Cardiff, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1947

BIRTHS
William Dudley, British theatre designer, London, born in United Kingdom.
John Hinch, British mathematician, Rasharkin, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1946

BIRTHS
Nora Radcliffe, British politician, Aberdeen, born in United Kingdom.
Michael Ashcroft, Belizean politician, Chichester, born in United Kingdom.
Felicity Field, Olympic alpine skier, Perth, born in United Kingdom.
Harvey Goldsmith, British music promoter, Edgware, born in United Kingdom.
Richard Inwood, Acting Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham; Bishop of Bedford, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Terry Deary, writer, Sunderland, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1945

EVENTS
United Kingdom's Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), joins the British Auxiliary Transport Service (ATS) as a driver.
In the United Kingdom, Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, joins the British Auxiliary Transport Service as a driver..
BIRTHS
Gavin Weightman, English historian, Prestwick, born in United Kingdom.
Tony Allen, English comedian and writer, Hayes, born in United Kingdom.
Tara Browne, British socialite, London, born in United Kingdom.
Tim Clark, Canadian artist, Buckie, born in United Kingdom.
Rose Finn-Kelcey, British artist, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1944

BIRTHS
Harvey Postlethwaite, British Engineer and Technical Director, Barnet, born in United Kingdom.
Glen Baxter, Artist, Leeds, born in United Kingdom.
Brian Etheridge, English footballer, Northampton, born in United Kingdom.
Len Walker, English footballer and manager, Darlington, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1943

BIRTHS
Malcolm Barber, British historian, Barnet, born in United Kingdom.
Ian Thwaites, cricketer, Brighton, born in United Kingdom.
Gordon Lorenz, British musician, Sedgefield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1942

BIRTHS
Jock Young, British sociologist and criminologist, Midlothian, born in United Kingdom.
Reg Barton, English footballer, Chester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1941

EVENTS
The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands, during World War II..
BIRTHS
Adrian Lyne, British film director, Peterborough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1940

BIRTHS
Joe Broadfoot, English footballer, Lewisham, born in United Kingdom.
John Studd, British gynaecologist, Motherwell, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1939

BIRTHS
John Moreno, British actor, France, born in United Kingdom.
Peter Leigh, Footballer, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Malcolm Thornton, British politician, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Keith Skues, British radio personality, London, born in United Kingdom.
Richard Grey,6th Earl Grey, British hereditary peer, Slough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1938

BIRTHS
Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan rebel, Batticaloa, born in United Kingdom.
Brian Kinsey, English footballer, Charlton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1937

BIRTHS
Peter Seddon, British hammer thrower, Middlesbrough, born in United Kingdom.
Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia, British politician, High Wycombe, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1936

BIRTHS
John Burland, South African engineering academic in the UK, Newcastle upon Tyne, born in United Kingdom.
Jim Clark, British racecar driver, Kilmany, born in United Kingdom.
Eric Allandale, Trombonist, songwriter, Mansfield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1935

BIRTHS
Chris Goudge, British hurdler, Prestwich, born in United Kingdom.
Nancy Whiskey, Scottish singer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
Ronnie Bacon, English footballer, Fakenham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1934

BIRTHS
John Dunn, British DJ, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
Alan Wheelhouse, English cricketer, Preston, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1933

BIRTHS
Frank Garden,, Arbroath, born in United Kingdom.
John Mills, British artist, Balham, born in United Kingdom.
John Roberts, English cricketer (b. 1933), Kearsley, born in United Kingdom.
Michael Jeffery, British music manager, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1932

BIRTHS
Charles Halton, Public servant, Yorkshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1931

BIRTHS
Bill Guttridge, English footballer and manager, West Midlands, born in United Kingdom.
Gwilym Prichard, Welsh artist, Llanystumdwy, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1929

BIRTHS
Harold Hassall, English footballer, Bolton, born in United Kingdom.
Cyril Robinson, English footballer, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.
Kenny Mcdevitt, Footballer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Tony Hearn, former British trade unionist, Tylorstown, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1928

BIRTHS
Alan Sillitoe, British writer, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1927

BIRTHS
Les Allan,, Melrose, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1926

BIRTHS
Don Rendell, British saxophonist, Plymouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1925

BIRTHS
Alan R. Battersby, British chemist, Leigh, born in United Kingdom.
Mary Priestley, British music therapist, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1924

BIRTHS
Bert Parnaby, British actor, Berlin, born in United Kingdom.
Allan Cameron, Scottish rugby union footballer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
David Oswald Thomas, Welsh philosopher, Godalming, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1923

BIRTHS
Arthur Bryan, British manufacturer, Sheffield, born in United Kingdom.
Francis King, British novelist, writer and poet, Adelboden, born in United Kingdom.
Patrick Moore, English writer, broadcaster and astronomer, Middlesex, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1922

BIRTHS
Peter Jackson, UK visual artist (1922-2003), Newark-on-Trent, born in United Kingdom.
Hugh Watts, English cricketer for Somerset, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, born in United Kingdom.
Geoff Tootill, British engineer, Chadderton, born in United Kingdom.
Sandy Smith, British army officer, Watford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1921

BIRTHS
Tim Mccoy, association football player (1921-2005), Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
Geoffrey Paul, British bishop, Aldershot, born in United Kingdom.
Dinny Pails, Australian tennis player, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.
Bill Hurst, English footballer, Brierfield, born in United Kingdom.
Charlie Dempsey, New Zealand football administrator, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
Jane Fawcett, code-breaker, singer, and preservationist, Bitton, born in United Kingdom.
John Ryan, British animator and cartoonist, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.
Joan Greenwood, British actress, Chelsea, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1920

BIRTHS
Leslie Ronald Kay, British University administrator, Sheffield, born in United Kingdom.
Alan Macnaughtan, British actor, Bearsden, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1919

BIRTHS
Joe Robinson, English footballer, Morpeth, born in United Kingdom.
Rosamund Stanhope, British poet and teacher known for her use of esoteric and unusual words, Northampton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1917

BIRTHS
Pamela Barton, Amateur golfer, Sandown, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1916

BIRTHS
Michael Howard, British actor and comedian, Yorkshire, born in United Kingdom.
Jock Kirton, Scottish association footballer, Aberdeen, born in United Kingdom.
Ivan Hirst, Engineer, British Army officer, reviver of post-World War II Volkswagen, Saddleworth, born in United Kingdom.
Cecil Aronowitz, British classical violist, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Ernest Titterton, British nuclear physicist, England, born in United Kingdom.
Hans Eysenck, British psychologist, Berlin, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1915

BIRTHS
Harold Neville Vazeille Temperley, British mathematical physicist (b.1915), Cambridge, born in United Kingdom.
Geoffrey Jackson, British diplomat, Gorleston-on-Sea, born in United Kingdom.
Charles Johnston, Baron Johnston Of Rockport, British politician, Gawber, born in United Kingdom.
J. O. Urmson, British philosopher, Hornsea, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1914

BIRTHS
Henry Savory, English cricketer, Chipping Sodbury, born in United Kingdom.
Al Koran, professional magician/mentalist, London Borough of Hackney, born in United Kingdom.
Allan Beckett, British engineer, London Borough of Hackney, born in United Kingdom.
William Henry Rhodes-Moorhouse, Royal Air Force officer, Knightsbridge, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1912

BIRTHS
Victor Evans, cricketer, Woodford, born in United Kingdom.
Clifford Monks, English cricketer, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Jock Fraser, politician, Contin, born in United Kingdom.
Judith Furse, British actress, Camberley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1909

BIRTHS
Kenneth Benton, British writer, Wolverhampton, born in United Kingdom.
Tommy Paget, association football player, Cardiff, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1908

BIRTHS
Willie Imrie, association football player, Methil, born in United Kingdom.
Billy Hough, Welsh footballer, Greenfield, Flintshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1907

BIRTHS
Arthur Walker Richardson, English cricketer, Quarndon, born in United Kingdom.
Bertie Williams, Welsh footballer, Merthyr Tydfil, born in United Kingdom.
Emlyn John, association football player, Tonypandy, born in United Kingdom.
John Rutherford, English footballer, South Shields, born in United Kingdom.
Jimmy Dyson, association football player, Middleton, born in United Kingdom.
Jimmy Mcgrath, Footballer, Washington, born in United Kingdom.
Rosalind Pitt-Rivers, British biochemist, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1906

BIRTHS
Tommy Jones-Davies, Welsh rugby union player, Nantgaredig, born in United Kingdom.
Horace Roye, British photographer, Warley, born in United Kingdom.
Anthony Vivian,5th Baron Vivian, British Baron, Larne, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1903

BIRTHS
Dorothy Mackaill, English-born American actress, Kingston upon Hull, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1902

BIRTHS
David Evans-Bevan, Welsh industrialist, Cowdenbeath, born in United Kingdom.
Reginald Watson-Jones, English surgeon, Brighton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1901

BIRTHS
Francis Turville-Petre, British archaeologist, Bordighera, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1897

BIRTHS
Jackie Whitehouse, English footballer, Smethwick, born in United Kingdom.
Tommy Noble, British boxer, Hetton-le-Hole, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1896

BIRTHS
Lydia Sokolova, British dancer, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1895

BIRTHS
Maxmillian Mare-Montembault, British flying ace, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
Thomas Collins, English cricketer, born 1895, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1894

BIRTHS
Sylva Stuart Watson, theatre licensee, Kilbirnie, born in United Kingdom.
Jimmy Chipperfield, British association football player, Bethnal Green, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1893

BIRTHS
Ewart Alan Mackintosh, British poet, Brighton, born in United Kingdom.
Douglas Beanland,, London, born in United Kingdom.
Adolph Lowe, German economist and sociologist, Stuttgart, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1892

BIRTHS
Cecil Graves, joint Director-General of the BBC, Blairgowrie and Rattray, born in United Kingdom.
John Schofield, Recipient of the Victoria Cross, Blackburn, born in United Kingdom.
Wykeham Cornwallis,2nd Baron Cornwallis, English cricketer, Linton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1890

BIRTHS
Jazep Hermanovich, British opinion journalist, writer and poet (1890-1976), Halshany, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1889

BIRTHS
John Bruce Lockhart, Scottish cricketer and schoolmaster,1889-1956, Coupar Angus, born in United Kingdom.
Robert William Wood, American painter, Sandgate, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1887

BIRTHS
Wilfrid Thomas Reid, British engineer, Battersea, born in United Kingdom.
John Dewar Denniston, British classical scholar, Bareilly, born in United Kingdom.
Jack Needham, English footballer, Newstead, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1886

BIRTHS
Rowland Griffiths, Welsh rugby union player, Wales, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1885

BIRTHS
Arnold Mcnair,1st Baron Mcnair, British judge, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1884

BIRTHS
T. Lawrence Dale, architect, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1883

BIRTHS
William Rhodes, English county cricketer, Nantyglo, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1882

BIRTHS
Eric W. Mann, British cricketer, Sidcup, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1881

BIRTHS
Rivers Berney Worgan, British general, Arrah, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1880

BIRTHS
William Sutherland, British politician, Sidmouth, born in United Kingdom.
Lawson Butt, British actor and film director, Bristol, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1879

BIRTHS
Charles Webb, English footballer, Higham Ferrers, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1878

BIRTHS
Bill Montgomery, English cricketer, Staines-upon-Thames, born in United Kingdom.
Oswald Borrett, British Army general, Gibraltar, born in United Kingdom.
Somerville Hastings, British politician, Carrickmore, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1876

BIRTHS
William Munro Kerr, Royal Navy admiral, Campsie, born in United Kingdom.
Pernel Strachey, English college head and French scholar, London, born in United Kingdom.
Henry Beasley, British army officer and bridge player, Jhansi, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1875

BIRTHS
John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist, Blaenau Ffestiniog, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1873

BIRTHS
Franklin Browne, cricketer, Tufnell Park, born in United Kingdom.
Thomas Sheppard, English cricketer, Havant, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1872

BIRTHS
Granville Leveson-Gower,3rd Earl Granville, British diplomat; Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Glossop, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1871

BIRTHS
Richard Swann-Mason, English first-class cricketer and clergyman (1871-1942), Haslingfield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1870

BIRTHS
Thomas Sturge Moore, British playwright, poet and artist, Hastings, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1869

BIRTHS
Davie Baird, British association football player, Scotland, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1868

BIRTHS
Edith Sophia Hooper, English suffragist, Tenby, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1867

BIRTHS
Douglas Nicholson,, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Joseph Batey, British politician, Upper Heyford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1865

BIRTHS
Francis Charles Robert Jourdain, British ornithologist, Derbyshire, born in United Kingdom.
George Duthie,, Aberdeen, born in United Kingdom.
George Macdonogh, British Army general, Sunderland, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1864

BIRTHS
Henry Higgs, British economist, Alderminster, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1863

BIRTHS
Henry Eccles, British cricketer, Penrhyndeudraeth, born in United Kingdom.
Reginald Innes Pocock, British zoologist (1863–1947), Bristol, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1862

BIRTHS
Norman Gale, British writer, London, born in United Kingdom.
Charles Crook, English teacher, trade union official and politician, Preston, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1861

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George Bell, English footballer, West Bromwich, born in United Kingdom.
William Rose, English footballer, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1859

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John Sands, English footballer, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1858

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John William Crombie, Scottish woollen manufacturer, folklorist and Liberal Party politician, Aberdeen, born in United Kingdom.
Russell Bencraft, cricketer, Southampton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1856

BIRTHS
William Dennis, Canadian politician, Cornwall, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1854

BIRTHS
Napier Shaw, English meteorologist, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1853

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Reginald Nevill,2nd Marquess Of Abergavenny, Marquess of Abergavenny, Dyserth, born in United Kingdom.
Hector Macdonald, British Army general from the Black Isle, Scotland, Rootfield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1849

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George Baker, English cricketer, born 1849, Compton Martin, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1842

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Arthur Wilson, Royal Navy officer, Swaffham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1840

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Joseph Bower Siddall, English doctor, Matlock, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1839

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James Henderson Howe, Australian politician, Forfar, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1836

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Matilda Betham-Edwards, English novelist, travel writer, poet and children's writer, Suffolk, born in United Kingdom.
David Rowlands, Welsh author and minister, Rhosybol, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1831

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Robert Patten Adams, Australian politician and judge, Martock, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1829

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Samuel Rawson Gardiner, British historian, New Alresford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1828

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Owen Wynne Jones, Welsh poet, Caernarfon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1827

BIRTHS
Henrietta Keddie, British writer, Cupar, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1824

EVENTS
The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858..

On this day in 1818

BIRTHS
James Fitzgerald, New Zealand politician, Bath, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1814

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Thomas William House Sr., Texan businessman and Mayor of Houston, Stoke St Gregory, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1812

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George John Robert Gordon, British diplomat, Maryculter, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1811

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John Lawrence,1st Baron Lawrence, British Viceroy of India, Richmond, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1810

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William Griffith, British doctor, naturalist, and botanist in South Asia, Ham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1803

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John Lyon, Scottish Latter Day Saint poet and hymn writer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1800

BIRTHS
George Hume, English cricketer, England, born in United Kingdom.
William Price, Welsh physician, born 1800, Rudry, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1797

BIRTHS
Thomas Thorp, Archdeacon of Bristol; British Anglican priest, Pontefract, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1785

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Sarah Villiers, Countess Of Jersey, English noblewoman, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1784

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Alexander Abercromby, Army officer, England, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1783

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Ann Carr, Female Revivalist Society preacher, Market Rasen, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1777

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Harriett Litchfield, English actress, County Down, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1776

BIRTHS
Mary Grey, Countess Grey, British aristocrat and Countess of Grey as wife of Charles Grey,2nd Earl Grey, Whitehaven, born in United Kingdom.
Thomas Tegg, English publisher, Wimbledon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1769

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Ellen Sharples, British artist, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1760

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Hugh Ronalds,, Brentford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1757

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George Thomson, collector of the music of Scotland, a music publisher, and a friend of Robert Burns, Limekilns, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1756

BIRTHS
Henry Raeburn, Scottish portrait painter, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1750

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Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie,2nd Earl Of Radnor, British Earl, Westminster, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1702

BIRTHS
Jack Sheppard, English thief and jail-breaker, Spitalfields, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1651

BIRTHS
John Somers,1st Baron Somers, British Baron, Claines, born in United Kingdom.