Today's Highlight In History;
Birthdays:
1835 Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist; devoted much of his wealth
1844 Karl Friedrich Benz, German motor car engineer
1912 Francis Durbridge, Playwright and author
1914 Joe Dimaggio, Legendary American baseball player
1920 Bernard Weatherill, Former 'Speaker' of the House Of Commons
1946 Bev Bevan, Drummer with the 'Electric Light Orchestra'
1952 Imran Khan, Former Pakistan cricket captain
Events:
1823 The chain pier at Brighton was opened
1937 The first Quiz to be broadcast, an inter-regional spelling contest, took place
1953 At the Ambassador Theatre in London, Agatha Christie's long running play 'The Mousetrap' opened 1953 Hungary beat England 6-3 at Wembley in London, the first ever foreign team to achieve an away win at the ground
1963 John F Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery
1984 In a London studio 'Band Aid' recorded 'Do They Know It's Christmas', in aid of charities
1991 12 governorship aspirants in 9 states are disqualified from contesting the governorship race and fresh elections are ordered in the states affected.
1999 Dozens killed in clashes between Hausa traders and Yorubas, in the Ketu and Mile 12 areas of Lagos: Obasanjo orders shooting of rioters.
1999 President Obasanjo presents Year 2000 Appropriation Bill to National Assembly
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