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Postby chenrezig » 01 Mar 2016, 06:50

The National Day of Wales and the Feast Day of St. David. Tradition holds that he died On This Day in 589.


1711 The first edition of London's - 'The Spectator', founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.

1812 The birth of the architect Augustus Pugin. He is best remembered for the Palace of Westminster and his churches such as St Giles' Catholic Church in Cheadle, Staffordshire.

1910 The birth of David Niven, the Scottish-born film actor whose films included The Pink Panther and The Guns of Navarone.

1940 English actress Vivien Leigh won an Oscar for her performance as Scarlett O'Hara in the film Gone with the Wind.

1946 The British Government took control of the Bank of England, after 252 years.

1947 The International Monetary Fund began financial operations. Its goal was to stabilize exchange rates and to assist the reconstruction of the world’s international payment system.

1950 Klaus Fuchs, one of Britain's top atomic scientists, was sentenced to 14 years for spying in the Soviet Union.

1959 The birth of Nicholas (Nick) Griffin, British politician, chairman of the British National Party (BNP) and Member of the European Parliament for North West England.

1963 Gerry and the Pacemakers released their first British single, How Do You Do It, a song the Beatles had rejected. Their biggest hit was 'You'll Never Walk Alone', from the musical Carousel, which has been the adopted anthem of Liverpool Football Club for more than 30 years.

1966 James Callaghan, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, confirmed that Britain would change over to decimal currency in 1971.

1971 Hundreds of thousands of workers across Britain took part in an unofficial day of protest against the government's new Industrial Relations Bill.

1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery.

1981 Bobby Sands, IRA member, began his 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison, County Down.

1994 Fred West was charged with two further murders following more human remains found at his home. He had previously admitted murdering his 16 old daughter Heather.
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