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On this day in 2001

BIRTHS
Ethan Ross,, Inverurie, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 2000

BIRTHS
George Stanger,, Melrose, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1997

BIRTHS
Megan Barker, British cyclist, Derry, born in United Kingdom.
Michael Ledger, association football player, Consett, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1996

BIRTHS
Callum Burton, English association football player, Newport, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1995

BIRTHS
Aidan Connolly, Scottish association football player, Dundee, born in United Kingdom.
Marco Wegener, association football player, British Hong Kong, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1993

BIRTHS
Lily Jane Stead, British actress, Wakefield, born in United Kingdom.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English association football player, Portsmouth, born in United Kingdom.
Vicky Wright, Scottish female curler, Dumfries, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1991

BIRTHS
Charlie Lyne, British film critic, Southampton Parish, born in United Kingdom.
Ellen Gandy, British-Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist, Bromley, born in United Kingdom.
Rosianna Halse Rojas, British personal assistant, England, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1990

BIRTHS
Josh Magennis, Northern Irish association football player, Bangor, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1989

BIRTHS
Sean Rigby, English actor, Preston, born in United Kingdom.
Nicholas D'agostino, American musician, Wantage, born in United Kingdom.
Eddie Ballard, English cricketer, Harlow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1988

BIRTHS
Matthew Mcginley, Scottish footballer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1987

BIRTHS
Mike Jones, English association football player, Birkenhead, born in United Kingdom.
Sean Mcallister, English association football player, Bolton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1986

BIRTHS
Teddy Sinclair, Pop singer, Bradford, born in United Kingdom.
Maria Fowler, Best known for her appearances on The Only Way Is Essex, You've Been Framed Star,, Derby, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1985

BIRTHS
Leah Hackett, actress, Greater Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Brett Johnson, British footballer, Hammersmith, born in United Kingdom.
Simon Vallily, boxer, Middlesbrough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1984

BIRTHS
Ted Dwane, British musician, London, born in United Kingdom.
Zack Lee, Indonesian actor, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Dan Bentley, British Boccia player, Leicester, born in United Kingdom.
Liam Hinphey, Irish hurler and gaelic footballer, Dungiven, born in United Kingdom.
Mark Jones, association football player from Wales born 1984, Wrexham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1983

BIRTHS
Luke Mccormick, English footballer, Coventry, born in United Kingdom.
James Willstrop, British squash player, North Walsham, born in United Kingdom.
John Danby, British footballer, Stoke-on-Trent, born in United Kingdom.
Graham Guy, Scottish footballer, Scotland, born in United Kingdom.
Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1982

BIRTHS
Johnnie Jackson, English association football player, London Borough of Camden, born in United Kingdom.
Rory Best, Irish rugby union player, Craigavon Borough Council, born in United Kingdom.
Peter Wright, English footballer, born 1982, Preston, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1981

BIRTHS
Paul Shields, Scottish footballer, Dunfermline, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1980

BIRTHS
Natalie Press, British actress, London, born in United Kingdom.
Samuel Roukin, English actor, Southport, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1979

BIRTHS
Jon Hopkins, English electronic musician and producer, London, born in United Kingdom.
Gary Alexander, British footballer, Lambeth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1978

BIRTHS
Nick Easter, English rugby union player, Epsom, born in United Kingdom.
Simon Francis, English cricketer, Bromley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1977

BIRTHS
Tokia Russell, Bermudian footballer, Bermuda, born in United Kingdom.
Leigh Lanham, British speedway rider, Ipswich, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1976

BIRTHS
Robert Macfarlane, British travel writer, Halam, Nottinghamshire, born in United Kingdom.
David Johnson, retired footballer, born 1976, Kingston, born in United Kingdom.
Des Hamilton, English footballer, Bradford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1975

BIRTHS
Geoff Pitcher, Footballer, British Hong Kong, born in United Kingdom.
Kevin Bennett, English boxer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1973

BIRTHS
Rob Scott, British footballer, Epsom, born in United Kingdom.
Neil Davis, English footballer, Bloxwich, born in United Kingdom.
Stuart Richardson, British musician, Tonypandy, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1972

BIRTHS
Jonathan Slinger, British actor, Accrington, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1971

BIRTHS
Salma Yaqoob, British politician, Bradford, born in United Kingdom.
Aileen Neilson, British wheelchair curler, East Kilbride, born in United Kingdom.
Anjum Anand, British/Indian food/writer/chef, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1970

BIRTHS
Bob Golding, British actor, Cambridge, born in United Kingdom.
Garvin Aparicio, cricketer, Bermuda, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1969

BIRTHS
James Carver, British MEP for UKIP, Farnborough, born in United Kingdom.
Chris Saunders, British boxer, Barnsley, born in United Kingdom.
Justin Broadrick, Record producer, musician, singer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1968

BIRTHS
Kate Osamor, British politician, London Borough of Haringey, born in United Kingdom.
Frank Griffith, English cricketer, Islington, born in United Kingdom.
Gary Spedding, English darts player, Workington, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1967

BIRTHS
Brian Ross, British association football player, Stirling, born in United Kingdom.
Derek Draper, British lobbyist, Chorley, born in United Kingdom.
Alan Henning, British humanitarian and taxi driver (1967-2014), Eccles, born in United Kingdom.
Stewart Beards, English footballer, Lichfield, born in United Kingdom.
Tony Hand, ice hockey player and coach, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1966

BIRTHS
Con O'neill, English actor and singer, Weston-super-Mare, born in United Kingdom.
Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer and actress, British Hong Kong, born in United Kingdom.
Nicholas Strange, British rower, Canterbury, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1965

BIRTHS
Nicola Cornick, English novelist, Yorkshire, born in United Kingdom.
Paul Agnew, Northern Irish association footballer, Lisburn, born in United Kingdom.
Mark Labbett, Quiz player, Tiverton, born in United Kingdom.
Mark A. Smith, American neuroscientist and Alzheimer researcher (1965-2010), Leicester, born in United Kingdom.
Steve Ford, Welsh rugby union player, Cardiff, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1964

BIRTHS
Jane Ellison, British politician, Bradford, born in United Kingdom.
Sally Clark, Falsely convicted of murder, Devizes, born in United Kingdom.
Alan Paris, English footballer, Slough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1963

BIRTHS
Jack Russell, English cricket player and painter, Stroud, born in United Kingdom.
Ian Snodin, English footballer and manager, Rotherham, born in United Kingdom.
Lisa Opie, Guernsey squash player, Guernsey, born in United Kingdom.
Simon Hart, Welsh politician and MP, Wolverhampton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1962

BIRTHS
Gerry Mcghee, British singer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
Charles Finch, businessman, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1961

BIRTHS
Dave Gilbert, English snooker player, Oxford, born in United Kingdom.
Moira Wallace, British civil servant, Peterborough, born in United Kingdom.
Matt Johnson, British singer/songwriter, London, born in United Kingdom.
Steve Morrison, Scottish footballer and manager, St Andrews, born in United Kingdom.
Tony Smith, former English cricketer, born 1961, Burnley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1960

BIRTHS
Mike Veitch, Scottish darts player, Scotland, born in United Kingdom.
Judy Holt, British actress, Farnworth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1959

BIRTHS
Dominic Rouse, British photographer, Whalley Range, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1958

BIRTHS
Andy Polycarpou,, Islington, born in United Kingdom.
Nicholas Bell, British actor, Huddersfield, born in United Kingdom.
Nicola Sullivan, Archdeacon of Wells and Dean-designate of Southwell; British Anglican priest, Bury, born in United Kingdom.
Simon Baron-Cohen, British psychologist and author, London, born in United Kingdom.
Simple Kapadia, Indian actress, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1957

BIRTHS
Martin Lickley, English cricketer, Windsor, born in United Kingdom.
John Shaw, English broadcaster, born 1957, Lincoln, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1956

BIRTHS
Robert Syms, British politician, Chippenham, born in United Kingdom.
Peter-John Vettese, British keyboardist (Jethro Tull), born in Scotland, United Kingdom.

On this day in 1955

BIRTHS
Paul Durkin, football referee, Weymouth, born in United Kingdom.
John Zewizz, American musician, Essex, born in United Kingdom.
Jamie Harvey, Scottish darts player, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
David Cooke, British admiral, Valletta, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1954

BIRTHS
Sean Bury, British actor, Brighton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1953

BIRTHS
Mark Thatcher, British racing driver, Kensington, born in United Kingdom.
Carol Thatcher, British journalist, London, born in United Kingdom.
Brendan Croker, British musician, Bradford, born in United Kingdom.
James Dunkerley, British academic, Wokingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1952

BIRTHS
Rosanna Wong, Hong Kong politician, British Hong Kong, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1951

BIRTHS
Nelson Mccausland, Northern Irish politician, Belfast, born in United Kingdom.
John Childs, Cricket player of England., Lipson, born in United Kingdom.
Berwyn Price, British hurdler, Tredegar, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1950

BIRTHS
Anne, Princess Royal, daughter of Elizabeth II, Clarence House, born in United Kingdom.
Jackie Price,, Pontypridd, born in United Kingdom.
John Porter, British-Polish musician, Lichfield, born in United Kingdom.
Mark Faber, English cricketer, Horsted Keynes, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1949

BIRTHS
Richard Deacon, British artist, Bangor, born in United Kingdom.
Edward Mcmillan-Scott, British politician, Cambridge, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1948

BIRTHS
Stuart Alderson, football player, Bishop Auckland, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1947

EVENTS
India becomes a sovereign and democratic nation, independent from the United Kingdom.
BIRTHS
Gerry Taylor, footballer, Kingston upon Hull, born in United Kingdom.
Andrew Gamble, British political scientist, Belfast, born in United Kingdom.
Jenny Hanley, British actress, Gerrards Cross, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1946

BIRTHS
Jeff Dexter, British DJ, Croydon, born in United Kingdom.
Tony Robinson, British actor, broadcaster and political campaigner, Homerton, born in United Kingdom.
William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave Of North Hill, British politician, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1945

BIRTHS
William Lindsay, British actor, England, born in United Kingdom.
Jill Haworth, British actress, Hove, born in United Kingdom.
Nigel Richards, British Army general, West Derby, born in United Kingdom.
Nigel Terry, English actor, Bristol, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1944

BIRTHS
Michael Laskey, poet, Lichfield, born in United Kingdom.
Mike Taylor, English cricketer, born 1944, Basra, born in United Kingdom.
R. A. W. Rhodes, British political scientist, Bradford, born in United Kingdom.
Sandy Pate, Footballer, Lennoxtown, born in United Kingdom.
Terry Ellis, British record producer, music executive, Welwyn Garden City, born in United Kingdom.
Simon May, British composer, Devizes, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1943

BIRTHS
Malcolm Gregson, professional golfer, Leicester, born in United Kingdom.
A.M. Parkin, English artist, Kemsing, born in United Kingdom.
Brian Smith, Bishop of Edinburgh in the Scottish Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.
Eileen Bell, Northern Irish politician, Dromara, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1942

BIRTHS
Eddie Phillips, English pop musician, Leytonstone, born in United Kingdom.
Pete York, British musician, Middlesbrough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1941

BIRTHS
Richard Jefferson, cricketer, Frimley Green, born in United Kingdom.
Laura Mulvey, British filmmaker, England, born in United Kingdom.
Gerard Rowlinson, British swimmer, Farnworth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1940

BIRTHS
Carol Duckworth,, Kilmarnock, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1939

BIRTHS
Roger Flood,, Bristol, born in United Kingdom.
Norma Waterson, folk musician, Kingston upon Hull, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1938

BIRTHS
Keith Morris, English photographer, Trawsfynydd, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1937

BIRTHS
Martin Redmond, British politician, Shildon, born in United Kingdom.
Jim Kilgannon, British association football player (1937-2000), Bannockburn, born in United Kingdom.
John Hopkins, political activist, Slough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1936

BIRTHS
Richard Cottrell, British theatre director, Romford, born in United Kingdom.
Geoff Hamilton, British gardener, Stepney, born in United Kingdom.
Ian Gibson, cricketer, Glossop, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1935

BIRTHS
Jim Dale, British actor, singer, songwriter, Rothwell, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1934

BIRTHS
Ike Southward, English rugby league footballer and coach, Maryport, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1933

BIRTHS
John Brunsdon, British artist, Cheltenham, born in United Kingdom.
Michael Rutter, British psychiatrist, Palma, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1932

BIRTHS
Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, Jurist and Law Lord, Cape Town, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1931

BIRTHS
Paul Mcdowell, actor, London, born in United Kingdom.
Hugh Lawson,6th Baron Burnham, British newspaper publisher, Heanor, born in United Kingdom.
Bill Podmore, British television director, Gainsborough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1930

BIRTHS
Ronald Pickvance,, Bolton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1929

BIRTHS
Bill James, British writer, Cardiff, born in United Kingdom.
Derek King, English footballer, London Borough of Hackney, born in United Kingdom.
Willie Gardiner, association football player, Larbert, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1928

BIRTHS
Bobby Orr, British musician, Cambuslang, born in United Kingdom.
Alan Collins, British artist, Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington, born in United Kingdom.
Simone Silva, French actress, Cairo, born in United Kingdom.
Nosher Powell, British boxer, London, born in United Kingdom.
Nicolas Roeg, English film director and cinematographer, St John's Wood, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1927

BIRTHS
Oliver Popplewell, cricketer, Stoke-on-Trent, born in United Kingdom.
Paul Travers, Quartermaster-General to the Forces, Wandsworth, born in United Kingdom.
John Hurst, British archaeologist, Cambridge, born in United Kingdom.
John Cranko, South African choreographer, Rustenburg, born in United Kingdom.
David Nightingale, Footballer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Eddie Leadbeater, Cricket player of England., Lockwood, born in United Kingdom.
Hughie Jones, former Archdeacon of Loughborough, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1926

BIRTHS
Bill Hounslea, English footballer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Kenneth Newman, British Chief Constable, Sussex, born in United Kingdom.
Kenneth Warren, British politician, Sussex, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1925

BIRTHS
Ken Plant, Footballer, Nuneaton, born in United Kingdom.
Peter Starling,, Norwich, born in United Kingdom.
Stephen De Mowbray,, Swindon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1924

BIRTHS
Stanley Mckessock, Royal Navy sailor, Aberdeen, born in United Kingdom.
Ray King, Footballer, goalkeeper, Radcliffe, Northumberland, born in United Kingdom.
Robert Bolt, English playwright, Sale, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1921

BIRTHS
Patrick Nairne, English civil servant, Leicester, born in United Kingdom.
Edmund Dell, British politician, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1920

BIRTHS
Glyn Gilbert, British Army general, Darjeeling Vidhan Sabha constituency, born in United Kingdom.
Les Stevens, English footballer, Croydon, born in United Kingdom.
Tom Smith, make-up artist from Great Britain, United Kingdom, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1919

BIRTHS
Harold Brown, British film preservationist (1919-2008), Walthamstow, born in United Kingdom.
Davie Mathie, British association football player (1919-1954), Motherwell, born in United Kingdom.
Charles Frederick Carter, British economist, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Bill Ellis, English cricketer, Rolleston, born in United Kingdom.
Benedict Kiely, Irish writer, County Tyrone, born in United Kingdom.
Bernard Barrell, British composer, Copenhagen, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1918

BIRTHS
Charles Letts,, Send, Surrey, born in United Kingdom.
Derrick Bailey, English cricketer, Marylebone, born in United Kingdom.
Joseph Connaughton, English cricketer, Raunds, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1917

BIRTHS
John Taylor, Baron Ingrow, British politician, Shiremoor, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1916

BIRTHS
Raymond Gower, British politician, Briton Ferry, born in United Kingdom.
George Jeffrey, Scottish footballer, Motherwell, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1915

BIRTHS
Jack Cruise, Irish comedian and actor, Uckfield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1914

BIRTHS
Eileen Erskine, British actress, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.
Basil Eugster, British military general, Saltney, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1913

BIRTHS
Jimmy Forsyth, photographer, Temple Fortune, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1912

BIRTHS
Denys Bullard, British politician, Swindon, born in United Kingdom.
Donald Walker, English cricketer, Wandsworth Common, born in United Kingdom.
Wendy Hiller, English film and stage actress, Stockport, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1911

BIRTHS
Cecily Mackworth,, Chipping Sodbury, born in United Kingdom.
Fred Beedall, English footballer, Chesterfield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1910

BIRTHS
James Cunningham, English Roman Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1909

BIRTHS
Dorothy Butterfield, English middle-distance runner, Benwell & Scotswood, born in United Kingdom.
Alf Pope, English cricketer, Tibshelf, born in United Kingdom.
Ossie Jones, Welsh footballer, Ruabon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1908

BIRTHS
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, Welsh journalist, Swansea, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1906

BIRTHS
Leon Radzinowicz, British criminologist, Lódz, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1905

BIRTHS
Howard Poole, Welsh rugby union player, Cardiff, born in United Kingdom.
Tommy Reid, Scottish footballer, Motherwell, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1904

BIRTHS
Archie Campbell, Footballer born 1904, Crook, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1903

BIRTHS
Jack Common, British novelist, Heaton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1902

BIRTHS
Jack Beacham, English footballer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
Iris Origo, British writer, Gloucestershire, born in United Kingdom.
Eric M. Rogers, British physicist, Bickley, born in United Kingdom.
George Alcock, football player, Chorlton, Cheshire West and Chester, born in United Kingdom.
Bill Bann, Scottish footballer, Broxburn, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1901

BIRTHS
Evelyn Beauchamp, present at opening of Tutankhamun's tomb, Highclere Castle, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1900

BIRTHS
Henry Whitcombe, British Army offiicer, cricketer and railway artist, Hardwick, Buckinghamshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1899

BIRTHS
Harold C. Edwards, British surgeon, Ewloe, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1897

BIRTHS
Geoffrey Greig, English cricketer, Downe, born in United Kingdom.
Sydney Liversedge, British flying ace, Honley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1896

BIRTHS
Douglas Wimberley, British general, Inverness, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1893

BIRTHS
Jack Hatfield, British swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, former world record-holder, Great Ayton, born in United Kingdom.
Richard Briscoe, British politician, Germiston, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1892

BIRTHS
Frank Matthews, British cricketer (1892-1961), Kilwinning, born in United Kingdom.
Abraham Wachner,, Kilwinning, born in United Kingdom.
William Gosling, Recipient of the Victoria Cross, Wanborough, Wiltshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1891

BIRTHS
Tor Bergeron, Swedish meteorologist, Godstone, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1890

BIRTHS
Frederick Henry Johnson, Recipient of the Victoria Cross, Streatham, born in United Kingdom.
Phyllis Dare, British singer and actor, Chelsea, born in United Kingdom.
Penleigh Boyd, Australian artist, Westbury, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1889

BIRTHS
Philip Fleming, British merchant banker and rower, Newport-on-Tay, born in United Kingdom.
Harold Blacker, Puisne Judge, High Court of Judicature, Lahore, Aldershot, born in United Kingdom.
Aeneas Mackenzie, British screenwriter, Stornoway, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1888

BIRTHS
Art Wilkinson, Australian rules footballer, Melton Mowbray, born in United Kingdom.
Sir Samuel Joseph,1st Baronet, British politician, Barrhead, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1887

BIRTHS
Percy Prince, English footballer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1886

BIRTHS
Robert Hudson,1st Viscount Hudson, British politician, Dulwich, born in United Kingdom.
Charles Hill, cyclist, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.
Francis Yeats-Brown, British army officer and author, Genoa, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1885

BIRTHS
Montague Burton, British businessman, Kaunas, born in United Kingdom.
Mary Lucas Keene, professor of anatomy, Gravesend, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1884

BIRTHS
Gordon Hall Caine, British politician, Hampstead, born in United Kingdom.
Ivor Morgan, Welsh rugby union player, Haverfordwest, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1882

BIRTHS
Harry Low, Scottish footballer, Aberdeen, born in United Kingdom.
Henry Bridgeman, British Army officer, Aberdeen, born in United Kingdom.
Thomas Wilson, Archdeacon of Worcester, born 1882, Old Deer, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1881

BIRTHS
Thomas Wedge, English rugby union player, St Ives, born in United Kingdom.
Charles Howard-Bury, British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician, Charleville Castle, born in United Kingdom.
Catherine Stewart, New Zealand politician, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1880

BIRTHS
George W. Gillie, American politician, Berwickshire, born in United Kingdom.
William Thomson,, Haslingden, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1877

BIRTHS
Laura Annie Willson, British engineer and suffragette, Halifax, born in United Kingdom.
John Dykes, association football player (1877-1955), Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1876

BIRTHS
Hubert Kingston, English cricketer, Northampton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1875

BIRTHS
Joseph E. Carter, United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Thomas Loveday, British psychologist and university administrator, Oxford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1874

BIRTHS
Timothy Rees, British bishop, Assam, born in United Kingdom.
Ernest Richmond, British architect, Kilkee, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1873

BIRTHS
Jack White, Scottish professional golfer, Kidsgrove, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1872

BIRTHS
Henry Betterton,1st Baron Rushcliffe, British politician, Huddersfield, born in United Kingdom.
Harold Fraser-Simson, British composer, Hamilton, born in United Kingdom.
Francis Ernest Jackson, British artist, Huddersfield, born in United Kingdom.
Willie Tucker, golfer (1872-1954), England, born in United Kingdom.
Walter Bunch, British footballer, Weston-super-Mare, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1871

BIRTHS
James Murdock, Canadian politician, Brighton, born in United Kingdom.
Arthur Tansley, British botanist (1871–1955), London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1869

BIRTHS
Charles Booth, English footballer, Gainsborough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1867

BIRTHS
Ambrose Lomax, South African photographer and chemist, Lichfield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1865

BIRTHS
Louisa Aldrich-Blake, British surgeon and medical school dean, Chingford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1864

BIRTHS
John Read Le Brockton Tomlin, British malacologist, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1863

EVENTS
The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2,1863)..
BIRTHS
W. F. Tuke, Chairman of Barclays Bank, Saffron Walden, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1862

BIRTHS
Alice Stanley, Countess Of Derby, British noblewoman, Westminster, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1860

BIRTHS
John Collie, Scottish politician, West Calder, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1859

BIRTHS
John Watt Beattie, Australian photographer, Aberdeen, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1858

BIRTHS
E. Nesbit, English author and poet, Kennington, born in United Kingdom.
Thomas Davies, British Conservative Party politician, Newcastle upon Tyne, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1857

BIRTHS
Montague Druitt, Suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders, cricketer, barrister and schoolteacher, Wimborne Minster, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1856

BIRTHS
Keir Hardie, Scottish socialist and labour leader, North Lanarkshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1853

BIRTHS
Arthur Edwin Shelton, Mayor of Calgary, Canada, England, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1852

BIRTHS
John Grieve, Canadian farmer, manufacturer and political figure in Ontario, Folkestone, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1851

BIRTHS
Mancherjee Bhownaggree, British politician, Mumbai, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1849

BIRTHS
Valentine Simpson, English cricketer, Lee, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1847

BIRTHS
Martin Mcintyre, British cricketer, Greenwich, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1843

BIRTHS
Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major, zoologist (1843-1923), Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1837

BIRTHS
James Jameson,, Kilbirnie, born in United Kingdom.
John Murray, Australian pastoralist and politician, Mauchline, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1834

BIRTHS
Angus Mackay,, Wick, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1832

BIRTHS
Walter Moberly, Canadian engineer, Steeple Aston, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1829

BIRTHS
Benjamin Broomhall, Missionary Secretary, Anti-Opium activist, and author, Bradley, Staffordshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1825

BIRTHS
Robert Gray, British ornithologist, Dunbar, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1822

BIRTHS
Henry James Sumner Maine, British comparative jurist and historian, Kelso, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1815

BIRTHS
Thomas Charlton,, Brighton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1811

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Henry George Hine,, Brighton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1810

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George K. Gay, American fur trader, Gloucestershire, born in United Kingdom.
William Fitzherbert, New Zealand politician, Dorset, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1798

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Henry Labouchere,1st Baron Taunton, English politician, Over Stowey, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1797

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James Black, Scottish clergyman, Scotland, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1793

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James Davidson, English antiquarian and bibliographer, Tower Hill, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1792

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Norwich Duff, Royal Navy admiral, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1785

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Thomas De Quincey, English author, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1782

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James Smith Of Jordanhill, Scottish merchant, geologist and biblical critic, Jordanhill, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1771

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John Surman Carden, British Royal Navy officer, Tewkesbury, born in United Kingdom.
Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1769

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Napoleon, French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French, Ajaccio, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1753

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John Fryer, British sailing master on the HMAV Bounty, Wells-next-the-Sea, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1739

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Francis Noel Clarke Mundy, British poet, Osbaston, Leicestershire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1736

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Alexander Runciman, British artist, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1735

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William Woollett, English engraver (1735 - 1785), Maidstone, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1717

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John Metcalf, English civil engineer and road builder, Knaresborough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1666

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Andrey Matveyev, Russian politician, Watford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1620

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John Greene Jr., Deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island, Salisbury, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1613

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Jeremy Taylor, English clergyman, Cambridge, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1402

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Humphrey Stafford,1st Duke Of Buckingham, British noble, Stafford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1316

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John Of Eltham, Earl Of Cornwall, English Earl, London, born in United Kingdom.