October 6, 2008

Nacimientos:

1820	Jenny Lind, Operatic soprano, known as the 'Swedish Nightingale'
1906	Janet Gaynor, Winner of the very first 'Oscar'
1930	Ritchie Benaud, Sports commentator & former Australian test cricketer
1939	Melvyn Bragg, Writer and TV presenter of 'The South Bank Show'
1946	Tony Greig, South African born, & former England cricket captain
1947	Millie (Small), Pop singer
1949	Bobby Farrell, Of the Pop group 'Boney M'

Acontecimientos:

1829	In trials for the Liverpool and Manchester railway, Stephenson's 'Rocket' was successful
1883	The Orient Express travelled from Paris to Istanbul in almost 78 hours, on its maiden run
1891	W H Smith, the English politician, bookseller and newsagent, died
1978	The first ever woman train driver began work on the 'Underground'
1981	Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in Cairo
1985	At Brands Hatch in Kent, Nigel Mansell won his first Grand Prix
1992	At a gold mine, near Dolgellau in Wales, a new Welsh gold seam was discovered

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