Today's Highlight in History;
Birthdays:
1840 Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, 'The Kiss' & 'The Thinker'
1911 Rev. Chad Varah, Founder of the 'Samaritans'
1919 Sir Ronald Millar, Playwright
1920 Jo Stafford, Popular Pop singer of the 50's
1929 Grace Kelly, US oscar winning actress/Princess Grace of Monaco
1955 Les Mckeown, member of the Pop group 'Bay City Rollers'
1961 Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast. Gold medal winner with a perfect 10
Events:
1919 The first aeroplane flight to Australia left Hounslow, reaching Darwin on December 13th
1927 The first veteran car rally from London to Brighton took place
1955 Bill Hayley reached number one in the charts with 'Rock Around The Clock'
1974 A warrant was issued for the arrest of Lord Lucan, on a charge of murder, but no trace has ever been found of him
1981 US space shuttle Columbia was launched, to become the first space vehicle to make a second trip 1982 Torrential rain and gales struck Britain & Northern Ireland, causing much damage
1982 Yuri Andropov became soviet leader, succeeding Mr Brezhnev
1999 Gabriel Gamsu Ganaka, 62, Catholic Archbishop of Jos, passes away in a New York Hospital. (Buried 26 November).
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