On this day in history
On this day:
1745 – The first recorded woman’s cricket match takes place near Guildford, Surrey;
1847 – Liberia declares its independence;
1856 – Irish playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw was born. He died in 1950, aged 94;
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1926 – American actor James Best, who starred as Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazzard, was born. He died in 2015, aged 88;
1951 – Walt Disney’s 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom;
1952 – Former actress Argentian first lady Eva Perón died 33;
1986 – Peter Gabriel went to number one in the US with Sledgehammer;
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1990 – The Grateful Dead star Brent Mydland was found dead in his home, aged 38;
1994 – Comedy actor Terry Scott, star of Terry and June and the Carry on films, died, aged 67;
1995 – The Civic Theatre on Leeming Street was renamed the Palace Theatre;
2005 – Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm – 39.17in – of rain within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing more than 5,000 people;
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2006 – The final episode of Top of the Pops was recorded at the BBC/
Happy birthday:
1943 – Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, 73 today;
1959 – Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey, star The Usual Suspects and American Beauty, 57 today;
1964 – Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock, star of Speed and The Blind Side, 52 today;
1967 – Shirebrook-born actor Jason Statham, star of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and The Transporter trilogy, 49 today;
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1969 – Paralympic star Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, 47 today;
1973 – English actress Kate Beckinsale, star of Serendipity and The Aviator, 43 today;
1985 – Manchester City and France footballer Gaël Clichy, 31 today;