Friday 20 August 2010

On This Day - 20th August


1833 - 23rd President of the U.S. Benjamin Harrison born
1890 - Horror and fantasy author H.P. Lovecraft born
1914 - Pope Pius X dies
1921 - Valley of the Dolls' author Jacqueline Susann born
1942 - Musician and 'South Park's' Chef Isaac Hayes born
1948 - LED ZEP frontman Robert Plant born
1954 - Al Roker born
1962 - Buffy and Angel actor James Marsters born
1970 - The England soccer captain, Bobby Moore, is cleared of charges of stealing in a trial in Colombia.
1971 - Limp Bizkit musician Fred Durst born
1978 - Two people die during an attack on a bus carrying Israeli airline staff in central London.
1989 - 30 people killed in Marchioness Cruise boat disaster
1992 - Intimate photographs of the Duchess of York and a Texan businessman are published in a tabloid newspaper.

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