Wednesday, August 31, 2011

On this day


January 5, 1952: Fartown players beat York 22-6 in a 'mud-bath' match. Cooper scored his 49th try of the season.


1066: Edward the Confessor, England's most pious King, died. 1896: German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen gave the first demonstration of X-rays. 1919: The Nazi Party was founded by Anton Drexler in Munich.BIRTHDAYS: Robert Duvall, actor/director, 80; Umberto Eco, novelist, 79; King Juan Carlos of Spain, 73; Diane Keaton, actress, 65; Vinnie Jones, actor and former footballer, 46; Marilyn Manson (pictured), rock singer, 42.1941: Amy Johnson, English aviator and first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930, drowned in a mysterious accident over the Thames estuary.

BIRTHDAYS: Robert Duvall, actor/director, 80; Umberto Eco, novelist, 79; King Juan Carlos of Spain, 73; Diane Keaton, actress, 65; Vinnie Jones, actor and former footballer, 46; Marilyn Manson (pictured), rock singer, 42.




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