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by Richard Frost » Wed Oct 27 2021 10:53am
Wednesday 27th October 2021
The World Day for Audio-visual Heritage
The World Day for Audio-visual Heritage is annually observed on October 27 to build global awareness of issues on preserving audio-visual material, such as sound recordings and moving images. The World Day for Audio-visual Heritage explores issues such as ways to preserve audio-visual material and documents.
A selection of Birthdays
1401 Catherine of Valois, Queen of Henry V of England, born in Paris (d. 1437)
1728 James Cook, British explorer, navigator and cartographer who was the first European to explore much of Australia, the Pacific Islands and New Zealand, born in Marton, Yorkshire (d. 1779)
1744 Mary Moser, English painter (Flowers Still Life), born in London (d. 1819)
1761 Matthew Baillie, Scottish Physician (first systematic study of pathology in 1793), born in Shotts Manse, Lanarkshire (d. 1823)
1763 William Maclure, Scottish-American Geologist (first geological map), born in Ayr, Scotland (d. 1840)
1854 Sir William Alexander Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade, born in Pennyland House, Thurso, (d. 1914)
1865 Charles Spencelayh, English painter (Why War), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1958)
1868 Annie Patterson, Irish organist, composer, and musicologist born in Lurgan, County Armagh (d. 1934)
1877 George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)
1889 Enid Bagnold, British novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1981)
1894 Oliver Leese, British World War II general, born in Westminster, London (d. 1978)
1910 Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne and Guinness brewing heir, born in Mandatory Palestine (d. 1992)
1914 Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (Child's Christmas in Wales), born in Swansea (d. 1953)
1917 Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer, anti-apartheid politician and co-founder (African National Congress), born in Nkantolo, Bizana, South Africa (d. 1993)
1917 Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough, born in West Derby, Liverpool (d. 2007)
1922 George Young, Scottish football player, born in Grangemouth, Falkirk (d. 1997)
1931 David Bryant, English lawn bowler (World Outdoor C'ship singles 1966, 80, 88; 4 x C'wealth Games gold singles), born in Clevedon, Somerset (d. 2020)
1932 Sylvia Plath, American poet and novelist (Colossus, 3 Women, Bell Jar), born in Boston, Massachusetts, Plath studied at Smith College in Massachusetts and at Newnham College in Cambridge, England. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956, and they lived together in the United States and then in England. Their relationship was tumultuous and, in her letters, Plath alleges abuse at his hands. They had two children before separating in 1962. (d. 1963)
1932 Harry Gregg, Irish soccer goalkeeper (25 caps Northern Ireland; Manchester United) and manager (Shrewsbury Town, Swansea, Crewe Alexandra), born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland (d. 2020)
1934 David Barclay, British hotel magnate and multi-millionaire, born in Hammersmith, London
1934 Frederick Barclay, British hotel magnate and multi-millionaire, born in Hammersmith, London
1934 Phil Horrocks-Taylor, English rugby union fly half (9 caps England, 1 British & Irish Lions; Leicester Tigers), born in Halifax (d. 2021)
1939 John Cleese, English actor and comedian (Monty Python), born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
1940 Anthea Joseph, British music promoter, born in London (d. 1997)
1942 Philip Catherine, Belgian jazz guitarist (Chet Baker; Stephane Grappelli; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen; Jean-Luc Ponty), born in London, England
1945 John Kane, British actor and writer, born in Dundee, Angus
1947 Edgar Broughton, British rocker ("Out Demons, Out!"), born in Warwick, Warwickshire
1951 K. K. Downing, British rock guitarist (Judas Priest - "Breakin' The Law"), born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire
1953 Peter Firth, English actor (Equus, Lifeforce, Tess), born in Bradford
1954 Chris Tavaré, British cricketer (England opener & occasional scorer of runs), born in Orpington, Kent
1956 Jaq D. Hawkins, British author, occultist and lecturer, born in California
1957 Glenn Hoddle, English soccer ball player (Tottenham), born in Hayes, Middlesex
1958 Hazell Dean [Poole], English disco singer (Always Doesn't Mean Forever), born in Chelmsford, Essex,
1958 Simon Le Bon, English rock vocalist (Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf"), born in Bushey, Hertfordshire
1963 Deborah Moore, English actress (Danielle-Day of Our Lives), born in London
1968 Vinny Samways, English footballer, born in Bethnal Green, E. London
1972 Lee Clark, English footballer (Newcastle United), born in Wallsend on Tyne
1978 Vanessa-Mae [Vanakorn Nicholson], Singaporean-British violinist and Olympic alpine skier, born in Singapore
1984 Kelly Osbourne, English television personality (The Osbournes), born in Westminster, London
On this Day in British History
939 Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England
1523 English troops occupy Montalidier, France
1627 English invasion force under George Villiers assaults the French island of Île de Ré
1644 Second Battle of Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies
1682 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is founded by Englishman William Penn
1702 British troops plunder St Augustine, Florida
1914 British battleship Audacious sunk by mine
1969 St Vincent & Grenadines gains associated status with Britain
1971 Gerard Newe becomes the first Catholic to serve in any Northern Ireland government since 1920; Newe was appointed to try to improve community relations
1986 British government deregulates financial markets in a "Big Bang", enhancing London's status as a financial capital while increasing income inequality
1992 Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of JRR Tolkien
2002 The British ITV Network airs a regional service for the last time in England and Wales, LWT loses its identity completely
Ireland
1651 English troops occupy Limerick, Ireland
1971 Gerard Newe becomes the first Catholic to serve in any Northern Ireland government since 1920; Newe was appointed to try to improve community relations
Deaths in History
939 King Athelstan I of England, often regarded as the 1st king of England (b. 895)
1327 Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)
1617 Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)
1670 Vavasor Powell, Welsh non-conformist leader (b. 1617)
1917 Arthur Rhys-Davids, English flying ace (WW I), dies at 20
1938 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57
1991 George Barker, English poet, dies at 78