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Today in History for February 6

On this day in 2000

  • BIRTHS
  • Conor Gallagher, english football player, Epsom, born in United Kingdom.
  • Zak Rudden, Scottish association football player, Portsmouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1999

  • BIRTHS
  • Tyler Rees, Welsh snooker player, Llanelli, born in United Kingdom.
  • Marcus Street,, Exeter, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1997

  • BIRTHS
  • Jason Kerr, Scottish association football player, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.
  • Cameron Chalmers,, Castel, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1995

  • BIRTHS
  • Jacob Paul,, Banstead, born in United Kingdom.
  • Jasper Johns, English footballer, Stafford, born in United Kingdom.
  • Kieran Gibbons, association football player, Scotland, born in United Kingdom.
  • Sam Mcqueen, English association football player, Southampton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1994

  • BIRTHS
  • Josh Webster, British racing driver, Chelmsford, born in United Kingdom.
  • Danny Handling, Scottish footballer, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.
  • Charlie Heaton, British actor, Bridlington, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1993

  • BIRTHS
  • Brett Hutton, English cricketer, Doncaster, born in United Kingdom.
  • Leighton Mcintosh, Footballer, Dundee, born in United Kingdom.
  • Maude Hirst, British actress, United Kingdom, born in United Kingdom.
  • Nathan Nyafli, British association football player, London Borough of Lambeth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1992

  • BIRTHS
  • Charles Sharpes, squash player, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1991

  • BIRTHS
  • Dan Bibby, English rugby union player, Aspull, born in United Kingdom.
  • Sisley Choi, Hong Kong actor, British Hong Kong, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1990

  • BIRTHS
  • Chris Clements, professional footballer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
  • Adam Henrique, Canadian ice hockey player, Burford, born in United Kingdom.
  • Dominic Sherwood, English actor, Royal Tunbridge Wells, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1989

  • BIRTHS
  • Hazel Musgrove, Olympic water polo player, Dundee, born in United Kingdom.
  • Craig Cathcart, Northern Irish association football player, Belfast, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1988

  • BIRTHS
  • Amir Taaki, British programmer and activist, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • David Mcdermott, British footballer, Stourbridge, born in United Kingdom.
  • Ryan Farrag, boxer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
  • Tom Bonner, Footballer, London Borough of Camden, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1987

  • BIRTHS
  • Josh Burns, Australian politician, Caulfield, born in United Kingdom.
  • Joe Devera, English professional footballer, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • Anika, German musician, Sutton Coldfield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1986

  • BIRTHS
  • Anthony Gerrard, association football player, Huyton, born in United Kingdom.
  • Jon-Allan Butterworth, Paralympic cyclist, Sutton Coldfield, born in United Kingdom.
  • Mathew Tait, English rugby union player, Wolsingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1985

  • BIRTHS
  • Davey Lawrence, ice hockey player, Barnsley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1984

  • BIRTHS
  • Darren Bent, English association football player, Tooting, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1982

  • BIRTHS
  • Christopher Barrow, English cricketer, Bolton, born in United Kingdom.
  • Alice Eve, English actress, born in London, United Kingdom.
  • Jimmy Davis, Football (soccer) player, Redditch, born in United Kingdom.
  • Nicholas Audsley, British actor, England, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1981

  • BIRTHS
  • Niall Stott, British field hockey player, Oxford, born in United Kingdom.
  • Chris Mcgroarty, Scottish footballer, Bellshill, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1980

  • BIRTHS
  • James Gibson, British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Chelmsford, born in United Kingdom.
  • Shaun Hadley, English footballer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
  • Tom Ravenscroft, English radio presenter and DJ, Chatham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1979

  • BIRTHS
  • Roger Snipes,, North Middlesex Hospital, born in United Kingdom.
  • Rachel Whitear, British victim of drugs overdose, Ledbury, born in United Kingdom.
  • Graham Hedman, British sprinter, Witham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1978

  • BIRTHS
  • Gareth Roberts, Welsh footballer, Wrexham, born in United Kingdom.
  • Niall Inman, Irish footballer, Wakefield, born in United Kingdom.
  • Todd Lumsden, English footballer, Consett, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1977

  • BIRTHS
  • Jason Euell, British footballer, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1976

  • BIRTHS
  • Benn Barham, professional golfer, Ashford, born in United Kingdom.
  • Saheed Mohamed, Cayman Islands cricketer, Guyana, born in United Kingdom.
  • Steve Leslie, Scottish footballer, Dumfries, born in United Kingdom.
  • Umer Rashid, English cricketer, Southampton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1975

  • BIRTHS
  • Nabil Elouahabi, British actor, England, born in United Kingdom.
  • Phil Simmons, British rower, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • Kamran Panjavi, British weightlifter, Portsmouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1974

  • BIRTHS
  • Lynda Patterson, Anglican cleric, County Down, born in United Kingdom.
  • Paul Jones, English footballer, Solihull, born in United Kingdom.
  • Helen Casey, British rower, Stockport, born in United Kingdom.
  • Ed Chamberlin, British sports broadcaster, Shepton Mallet, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1973

  • BIRTHS
  • Frances Hardinge, British children's writer, Kent, born in United Kingdom.
  • Brad Burton,, Salford, born in United Kingdom.
  • Chris Braide, British singer-songwriter, Lewisham, born in United Kingdom.
  • Lucy Nethsingha,, Southampton, born in United Kingdom.
  • Steve Frew, British gymnast, Falkirk, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1972

  • BIRTHS
  • Dave Tuttle, English footballer and manager, Reading, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1971

  • BIRTHS
  • Simon Stephens, British playwright, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1970

  • BIRTHS
  • Paul Reynolds, British actor, Wanstead, born in United Kingdom.
  • Jim Davies, British musician, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1969

  • BIRTHS
  • Matt Poole, rugby union player (1969-), Leicester, born in United Kingdom.
  • Mike Burns, cricketer, Barrow-in-Furness, born in United Kingdom.
  • Tim Sherwood, English footballer, St Albans, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1968

  • BIRTHS
  • Richard Boddington, British-Canadian film director, Yorkshire, born in United Kingdom.
  • Jonathan Clayden, British chemist, Kampala, born in United Kingdom.
  • Cathy Warwick, English chess player, Madison, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1966

  • BIRTHS
  • Anton Vamplew, British astronomer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
  • Rick Astley, British singer and songwriter, Newton-le-Willows, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1965

  • BIRTHS
  • Simone Lahbib, actress, Stirling, born in United Kingdom.
  • Michael Mcdonald, Canadian kickboxer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1964

  • BIRTHS
  • Robert Elstone, British businessman, Barnsley, born in United Kingdom.
  • David Hulme, English rugby league footballer and coach, St Helens, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1963

  • BIRTHS
  • David Capel, cricketer, Northampton, born in United Kingdom.
  • Quentin Letts, British journalist, Cirencester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1962

  • BIRTHS
  • Garry Bowler, British musician, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • Tony Scullion, Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer, Derry, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1960

  • BIRTHS
  • Harry Thompson, English radio and television producer, comedy writer, novelist and biographer, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • David Lewis, British academic, born 1960, Saint Catherine Parish, born in United Kingdom.
  • Jeremy Bowen, British journalist and television presenter, Cardiff, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1959

  • BIRTHS
  • Ken Nelson, British record producer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
  • Paddy Doherty, Irish television personality, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
  • Tyler Butterworth, British actor, Redhill, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1958

  • BIRTHS
  • Tim Dakin, Bishop of Winchester, Kongwa District, born in United Kingdom.
  • Mark Holtom,, Burton upon Trent, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1957

  • BIRTHS
  • Matthew Best, British singer, Essex, born in United Kingdom.
  • Simon Phillips, English drummer & record producer (Toto), born in London, United Kingdom.
  • Charles Ramble, anthropologist, Kolkata, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1956

  • BIRTHS
  • Jon Walmsley, English actor-singer, Blackburn, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1955

  • BIRTHS
  • Barrie Bennett, cricketer, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1954

  • BIRTHS
  • Bill Roffey, English footballer and manager, Stepney, born in United Kingdom.
  • David Anderson, Manx politician, born 1954, Isle of Man, born in United Kingdom.
  • Jimmy Kelly, Northern Irish footballer, Aldergrove, born in United Kingdom.
  • Phil Bonnyman, Scottish professional footballer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1953

  • BIRTHS
  • John Davies, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, born 1953, Newport, born in United Kingdom.
  • Brian Simpson, British politician, MEP, Leigh, born in United Kingdom.
  • Charles Thomson, British artist, Romford, born in United Kingdom.
  • Graham Pountney, British actor, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1952

  • EVENTS
  • Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom. She succeeded her father, George VI, who died that day..
  • Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the British throne and proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
  • BIRTHS
  • Steve Pitchford, English rugby league footballer, Leeds, born in United Kingdom.
  • Dave Sunley, Footballer, Skelton-in-Cleveland, born in United Kingdom.
  • Tim Blake, British musician, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • DEATHS
  • George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-52), who died of a coronary thrombosis at 56.

On this day in 1951

  • BIRTHS
  • Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist, Harlesden, born in United Kingdom.
  • Ian Reid, Scottish footballer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
  • Allan Lawrence, English cricketer, Lambeth, born in United Kingdom.
  • Kevin Whately, English actor, Hexham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1949

  • BIRTHS
  • Ralph Banthorpe, British athlete, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
  • Patrick Gaffney, British Buddhist teacher, British Hong Kong, born in United Kingdom.
  • Mike Batt, British songwriter, musician and record producer, Southampton, born in United Kingdom.
  • Allan Mallinson, British writer, Yorkshire, born in United Kingdom.
  • Adrian Alston, Australian soccer player, Preston, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1948

  • BIRTHS
  • Mike Whitby, British politician, United Kingdom, born in United Kingdom.
  • Stephen Turnbull, British historian, Wigan, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1947

  • BIRTHS
  • Les Chappell, English footballer and manager, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.
  • Helen Cooper, professor of Medieval and Renaissance English, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1946

  • BIRTHS
  • Mike Grady, British actor, Cheltenham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1945

  • BIRTHS
  • John Stuttard, British politician, Merthyr Tydfil, born in United Kingdom.
  • Jeff Norman, British marathon runner, Leigh, born in United Kingdom.
  • John Hulme, English footballer and manager, Mobberley, born in United Kingdom.
  • George Mudie, British politician, Dundee, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1944

  • BIRTHS
  • Alex Smith, English footballer, born 1944, Billingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1943

  • BIRTHS
  • Ernie Field, English boxer and rugby league footballer, Wakefield, born in United Kingdom.
  • James Ridge, English cricketer, Ashton Keynes, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1942

  • BIRTHS
  • Mick Murphy, British politician, Banbridge, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1941

  • BIRTHS
  • Katrina Bayonas, Casting director and film producer, Hereford, born in United Kingdom.
  • Dave Berry, musician, Beighton Ward, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1940

  • BIRTHS
  • Jimmy Tarbuck, British comedian, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1939

  • BIRTHS
  • Johnny Fantham, English footballer, England, born in United Kingdom.
  • Xiaosi,, British Hong Kong, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1938

  • BIRTHS
  • Michael Raven, Musician/Writer, Cardiff, born in United Kingdom.
  • Ray Aspden, association football player, Horwich, born in United Kingdom.
  • Stewart Douglas-Mann, British rower, Battle, born in United Kingdom.
  • Charlie Livesey, English footballer, West Ham, born in United Kingdom.
  • Graham Reed, association football player, King's Lynn, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1937

  • BIRTHS
  • Godfrey Argent, British photographer, Eastbourne, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1936

  • BIRTHS
  • Philip Potter, British opera singer and actor, Leicester, born in United Kingdom.
  • Kit West, Visual Effects Artist, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • Trevor Harris, English footballer, Colchester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1935

  • BIRTHS
  • Willie Duff, Footballer, Winchburgh, born in United Kingdom.
  • Edwin Barnes, British bishop, Oxford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1934

  • BIRTHS
  • Roger Becker, British tennis player, Croydon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1933

  • BIRTHS
  • Roy Stevens, English cricketer, Walmer, born in United Kingdom.
  • Michael Hardcastle, British writer, Huddersfield, born in United Kingdom.
  • Leslie Crowther, comedian, West Bridgford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1932

  • BIRTHS
  • Don Vines, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer, Newbridge, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1931

  • BIRTHS
  • Fred Trueman, English cricketer, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • Ronnie Fearn, Baron Fearn, British politician, Finchley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1930

  • BIRTHS
  • Lionel Blue, British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster, London Borough of Hackney, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1929

  • BIRTHS
  • Keith Waterhouse, British writer, Leeds, born in United Kingdom.
  • Pauline Tennant, English actress, poet and socialite, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1928

  • BIRTHS
  • Thomas Smail, British theologian, Oxford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1927

  • BIRTHS
  • Lionel Price, British basketball player, Marylebone, born in United Kingdom.
  • John Plumb, British artist, Edmonton, born in United Kingdom.
  • Alan Braden, English composer, Marylebone, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1926

  • BIRTHS
  • John Bird, British politician, Wolverhampton, born in United Kingdom.
  • Ronald Payne,, Ripon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1925

  • BIRTHS
  • Jennie Eirian Davies, Welsh author, Llanpumsaint, born in United Kingdom.
  • Marion Mathie, English actress, Kingston upon Thames, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1924

  • SPORTS
  • Billy Wright, English football player, born in Ironbridge, United Kingdom (d. 1994).

On this day in 1922

  • BIRTHS
  • Denis Norden, British comedy scriptwriter and television presenter, London Borough of Hackney, born in United Kingdom.
  • Ray Mawby, British politician, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • Patrick Macnee, English-American actor, Paddington, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1921

  • BIRTHS
  • Margaret Moncrieff, British musician, Brockley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1920

  • BIRTHS
  • Maurice Beresford, British historian, Sutton Coldfield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1919

  • BIRTHS
  • Louis Heren, English foreign correspondent & writer (China's Three Thousand Years), born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1995).
  • Alf Milner, English footballer, Harrogate, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1918

  • BIRTHS
  • Cyril Brine, British speedway rider, Borehamwood, born in United Kingdom.
  • Peter Cadbury, Bon viveur, Great Yarmouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1917

  • BIRTHS
  • Douglas Wellesley Morrell, British electrical engineer, Plymouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1916

  • BIRTHS
  • Jack Balmer, English footballer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
  • R. Leonard Brooks, English mathematician, Buenos Aires, born in United Kingdom.
  • J. M. Gullick,, Bristol, born in United Kingdom.
  • John Crank, British mathematician, born in Hindley, United Kingdom (d. 2006).

On this day in 1915

  • BIRTHS
  • Len Dunderdale, English footballer, Willingham by Stow, born in United Kingdom.
  • James Stokes, Recipient of the Victoria Cross, Hutchesontown, born in United Kingdom.
  • Tommy Dawson, British association football player, Middlesbrough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1914

  • BIRTHS
  • Cyril Parfitt, Artist and painter, Norwich, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1913

  • BIRTHS
  • Mary Leakey, British paleoanthropologist, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1911

  • BIRTHS
  • Arthur Nicholls, Recipient of the George Cross, Hampstead, born in United Kingdom.
  • Eustace Roskill, Baron Roskill, British Baron and judge, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1910

  • BIRTHS
  • George Poyser, Footballer, Stanton Hill, born in United Kingdom.
  • Wally Lloyd, British speedway rider, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1909

  • BIRTHS
  • Dickie Burrough, cricketer, Wedmore, born in United Kingdom.
  • Sam Bell, English footballer, Burnhope, born in United Kingdom.
  • Noel Mcgrath, Irish rugby union player, Wakefield, born in United Kingdom.
  • René Cutforth, British journalist, Kingston upon Hull, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1908

  • BIRTHS
  • Willie Steel, Scottish footballer and manager, Blantyre, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1906

  • BIRTHS
  • Denys Buckley,, Kensington, born in United Kingdom.
  • Arthur Catherall, author, Bolton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1905

  • BIRTHS
  • Harold Woolley, Baron Woolley, British politician and farmer, Bilston, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1904

  • BIRTHS
  • Claude Taylor, English cricketer, Leicester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1903

  • BIRTHS
  • Ben Gimbert, train driver, recipient of the George Cross, Ely, born in United Kingdom.
  • Robert Clark, English footballer, Newburn, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1902

  • BIRTHS
  • William Sydney Atkins, Atkins founder, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1901

  • BIRTHS
  • John Murdoch, British association football player (1901-1962), New Stevenston, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1900

  • BIRTHS
  • Guy Warrack, Scottish composer, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1899

  • BIRTHS
  • Bruce Digby-Worsley, British World War I flying ace, Gloucester, born in United Kingdom.
  • Jules Thorn, British businessman, Vienna, born in United Kingdom.
  • Mai Jones, British songwriter, Newport, born in United Kingdom.
  • Jimmy Bain, Scottish footballer, Rutherglen, born in United Kingdom.
  • Joseph Cookman, American journalist, critic and a founder of The Newspaper Guild, Batley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1898

  • BIRTHS
  • Alexander Ponton,, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.
  • Edward Argent, cricketer, Wandsworth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1897

  • BIRTHS
  • Harold Jacklin, English footballer, Chesterfield, born in United Kingdom.
  • H. D. F. Kitto, British classical scholar, Stroud, born in United Kingdom.
  • Bobby Mcfarlane, Scottish footballer, Bo'ness, born in United Kingdom.
  • John Grover, British Army officer, Stockport, born in United Kingdom.
  • Thomas Le Mesurier, British World War 1 flying ace, Shepherd's Bush, born in United Kingdom.
  • Sir Austin Hudson,1st Baronet, British politician, Penistone, born in United Kingdom.
  • Victor Goddard, Royal Air Force air marshal, Wembley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1896

  • BIRTHS
  • Zoe Dyke, Dyke [née Bond], (Millicent) Zoë, Lady Dyke (1896–1975), pioneer of British sericulture, Leyton, born in United Kingdom.
  • Arthur Randall, British WWI flying ace, Paisley, born in United Kingdom.
  • Gertrude Maud Robinson, British chemist, Over, Cheshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1895

  • BIRTHS
  • John Gillies, Scottish anaesthetist, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1893

  • BIRTHS
  • John Llewellin,1st Baron Llewellin, British politician, Chevening, born in United Kingdom.
  • Ida Mann, English-Australian ophthalmologist, West Hampstead, born in United Kingdom.
  • Andrew Livingstone, Footballer, Dennistoun, born in United Kingdom.
  • Angus Seed, association football player, Lanchester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1892

  • BIRTHS
  • Alex Chaplin, Scottish footballer, Dundee, born in United Kingdom.
  • Sir John Carden,6th Baronet, English aviator, inventor, automotive engineer, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • Sam Bagnall, English footballer, Neepsend, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1891

  • BIRTHS
  • Thomas Steele, English recipient of the Victoria Cross, Springhead, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1890

  • BIRTHS
  • Clem Stephenson, English football player and manager, Northumberland, born in United Kingdom.
  • Hugh Stott Taylor, British chemist, Lancashire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1889

  • BIRTHS
  • Owen Jones, Canadian politician, Newborough, born in United Kingdom.
  • Wylie Watson, British actor, Lanarkshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1887

  • BIRTHS
  • William Henry Dean, British water polo player, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
  • Victor Negus, British laryngologist and comparative anatomist, Paddington, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1886

  • BIRTHS
  • Tiger Smith, Cricket player of England., Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
  • Clarice Mayne, British singer, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1885

  • BIRTHS
  • Charles Henry Bartlett, British track cyclist, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • Russell Thorndike, British actor and novelist, Rochester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1884

  • BIRTHS
  • John Mathews, English cricketer, Wanstead, born in United Kingdom.
  • Colin Aylmer,, Cheltenham, born in United Kingdom.
  • Hope Crisp, British tennis player, Highgate, born in United Kingdom.
  • Godfrey Haggard, British diplomat, Wanstead, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1883

  • BIRTHS
  • George Miller Dyott, British explorer, New York City, born in United Kingdom.
  • Albert Jones, association football player, Wales, born in United Kingdom.
  • William Bennett Kilpack, Mystery radio actor, Long Melford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1882

  • BIRTHS
  • George Wass, English cricketer, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1880

  • BIRTHS
  • Eric Otto Winstedt, British latinist and gypsiologist, Oxford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1879

  • BIRTHS
  • Bert Dainty, English footballer and manager, Geddington, born in United Kingdom.
  • Joe Deakin, British athlete, Stoke-on-Trent, born in United Kingdom.
  • Neville Bulwer-Lytton,3rd Earl Of Lytton, British military officer, tennis player and artist (1879–1951), Kolkata, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1878

  • BIRTHS
  • Eustace Bisgood, cricketer, Glastonbury, born in United Kingdom.
  • Gwendoline Maud Parry Greene,, Hartlepool, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1877

  • BIRTHS
  • John Webb Dillon, actor, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1876

  • BIRTHS
  • Harry Chinnery, cricketer, Teddington, born in United Kingdom.
  • Henry Blogg, most decorated RNLI lifeboatman, Cromer, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1875

  • BIRTHS
  • Gertrude Carter, American artist and architect/First Lady of Barbados, Boston, born in United Kingdom.
  • Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, Surrey, born in United Kingdom.
  • Walter Hyde,, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1874

  • BIRTHS
  • David Evans, Welsh musician and composer, Resolven, born in United Kingdom.
  • Alfred Atkinson, Recipient of the Victoria Cross, Leeds, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1873

  • BIRTHS
  • Judith Blunt-Lytton,16th Baroness Wentworth, British peeress, Arabian horse breeder and tennis player, London, born in United Kingdom.
  • Micah Barlow,, Bury, born in United Kingdom.
  • Samuel Vickery, Recipient of the Victoria Cross, Wambrook, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1872

  • BIRTHS
  • Annie French, Scottish illustrator, Govan, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1871

  • BIRTHS
  • Bertie Wright, British actor, Blackburn, born in United Kingdom.
  • John Stephenson, british zoologist (1871-1933), Padiham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1870

  • BIRTHS
  • Ernest Wilton, British diplomat, Singapore, born in United Kingdom.
  • James Braid, Scottish professional golfer, Fife, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1869

  • BIRTHS
  • H. R. Millar, British artist, Dumfries, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1867

  • BIRTHS
  • Walter Langton, English footballer, Alfreton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1865

  • BIRTHS
  • Andrew Claude De La Cherois Crommelin, Irish/British astronomer, Ireland, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1864

  • BIRTHS
  • George Hillyard, British tennis player, Hanwell, born in United Kingdom.
  • John Henry Mackay, German writer, Greenock, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1862

  • BIRTHS
  • John Juniper, English cricketer, Southwick, born in United Kingdom.
  • Sydney Pawling, British cricketer (1862-1922), Wallingford, born in United Kingdom.
  • James Cross, English cricketer, Leyland, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1861

  • BIRTHS
  • Sir Alexander Matheson,3rd Baronet, Australian politician, Mayfair, born in United Kingdom.
  • John Major, English cricketer, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1858

  • BIRTHS
  • Ada Roe, English supercentenarian, Islington, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1856

  • BIRTHS
  • William Capper, British Army officer, Hucknall, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1855

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  • Charles Seymour, cricketer, Winchfield, born in United Kingdom.
  • Henry Nuttall, cricketer, Crayford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1853

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  • Thomas David Anderson, British astronomer, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1852

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  • C. Lloyd Morgan, British psychologist, originator of Morgan's canon, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1849

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  • John Aitken, New Zealand politician, Kintyre, born in United Kingdom.
  • John Barber, English cricketer, Stretford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1846

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  • Edward Maes Llaned Owen,, Llandderfel, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1844

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  • Constance Kent, murderer, Sidmouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1843

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  • Frederic W. H. Myers, English poet and essayist, Keswick, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1842

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  • Mary Rudge, British chess player, Leominster, born in United Kingdom.
  • William Garrett, Medal of Honor recipient, Isle of Man, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1841

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  • John Hope, New Zealand cricketer, born 1841, Little Eaton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1839

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  • Spencer Walpole, English historian, Lincoln's Inn Fields, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1838

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  • Henry Irving, English stage actor of the Victorian era, Keinton Mandeville, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1835

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  • Edmund Morison Wimperis, English painter, Chester, born in United Kingdom.
  • Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing, British zoologist, Greater London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1833

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  • Frances Julia Wedgwood, English feminist novelist and historian, Clapham, born in United Kingdom.
  • George Wightwick Rendel, British naval architect and engineer, Plymouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1830

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  • Daniel Oliver, British botanist, Newcastle upon Tyne, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1827

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  • Frederick Barlee, British colonial administrator, Worlingworth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1819

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  • Sir Charles Strickland,8th Baronet, British Baronet, Hildenley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1813

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  • Samuel Sidney, British writer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
  • Matthew Kirtley, British locomotive engineer (1813–1873), Tanfield, County Durham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1811

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  • Henry Liddell, Headmaster, lexicographer, classical scholar, and dean, Bishop Auckland, born in United Kingdom.
  • Henry George Liddell, English lexicographer & father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland, born in Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom (d. 1898).

On this day in 1808

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  • James Esdaile, British hypnotist, Montrose, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1802

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  • Charles Wheatstone, British physicist, Gloucester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1801

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  • William Williams, Welsh poet and literary critic ("Caledfryn"), Denbigh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1799

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  • George Arnott Walker-Arnott, British botanist, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1798

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  • James Borradaile, English cricketer, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1796

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  • John Stevens Henslow, British botanist, priest and geologist, Rochester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1783

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  • Joseph Hunter, British antiquarian, Sheffield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1778

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  • William O'bryan, English Methodist preacher and founder of the Bible Christian movement., Luxulyan, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1773

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  • John Stoddart, British judge, Salisbury, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1772

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  • George Murray, British Army general, politician and colonial administrator, Crieff, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1755

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  • Henry Bone, British artist, Truro, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1754

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  • Andrew Fuller, English Baptist minister and controversialist, Cambridgeshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1740

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  • Richard Cooper Jr., British artist, died 1814, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1732

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  • Charles Lee, General in the American Revolution, born in Darnhall, United Kingdom (d. 1782).

On this day in 1727

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  • Lady Mary Coke, British noble, Ham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1726

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  • Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon and naturalist in India, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1665

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  • Anne, Queen Of Great Britain, queen of England, queen of Scotland and queen of Ireland (1702–07); queen of Great Britain (1707–14), St James's Palace, born in United Kingdom.

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