Today's Highlight in History;
Birthdays:
1483 Martin Luther, German religious reformer
1923 Robert Carrier, Gourmet, TV Chef and writer on cookery matters
1925 Richard Burton, Legendary Welsh actor
1940 Screamin Lord Sutch, Pop singer; head of the 'Monster Raving Looney Party'
1944 Tim Rice, Lyricist; 'Evita' & 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
1948 Greg Lake, Bass guitarist and founder member of 'King Crimson'
1949 Donna Fargo, Country and western singer
Events:
1775 The United States Marine Corps was founded
1871 Henry Stanley, sent to locate the missing missionary David Livingstone, finally found him
1928 Hirohito was crowned Emperor of Japan, aged 27
1956 Johnny Ray reached number one in the charts with 'Just Walking In The Rain'
1982 Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev died
1986 The legendary jockey, Sir Gordon Richards, died aged 82
1989 East German border guards began to dismantle parts of the 'Berlin Wall'
1993 Justice Dolapo Akinsanya of the Lagos High Court rules that the ING is illegal and declares the appointment of Shonekan and the ING Secretaries null and void.
1995 Renowned writer and minority rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others executed.
1996 Renowned social scientist, Professor Claude Ake and 142 other passengers die in an ADC airline crash near Lagos.
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