Wednesday 16 January 2013

January 16

January 16, 2013
ü  1809Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
ü  1939 – The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England

Births

ü  1245Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England

ü  1501Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England

ü  1853 – Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander

ü  1872 – Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer

ü  1947Magdalen Nabb, British author

ü  1947 – Harvey Proctor, British politician

ü  1949 – Caroline Munro, British actress

ü  1961Paul Raven, English musician

ü  1962 – Paul Webb, British musician

1 comment:

  1. On this day was also born Samuel Dylan Murray Preston (born 16 January 1982), an English singer, who is the lead singer of The Ordinary Boys. He appeared in the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother 4 in 2006, in which he finished fourth. After The Ordinary Boys split in 2008, he embarked on a songwriting career and is now back leading The Ordinary Boys with a revamped lineup on a December 2011 UK tour.

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