Today is Tuesday, October 13, the 286 day of 2015. There are 79 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
Birthdays:1853 Lillie Langtry, Actress known as the 'Jersey Lily'
1921 Yves Montand, French actor and singer
1925 Margaret Thatcher, Now 'Baroness' Thatcher; former Prime Minister
1942 Art Garfunkel, Former partner of Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
1946 Edwina Currie, Conservative politician and former junior health minister
1959 Marie Osmond, The only female singer with the 'Osmonds'
1965 Cherrelle, 'Soul' singer
Events:
1399 Henry IV's coronation took place
1927 Britain's first ever veteran car rally took place in London
1940 Princess Elizabeth, at the age of 14, made her first radio broadcast to child evacuees
1954 British athlete, Christopher Chataway, created a new 5,000 metres record
1964 The world's first Russian three man spacecraft returned safely to Earth
1974 Ed Sullivan, the celebrated US TV presenter, died
1989 Shares on the 'Wall Street' stock exchange plunged to record lows following similar falls in London
1991 Sandy Lyle won the BMW 'International Open' Golf tournament in Munich
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