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Article: Anniversaries
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 24, 1996
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Anniversaries
TODAY: Births: Samuel Wesley, organist and composer, 1766;
Wilhelm Karl Grimm, philologist and folklorist, 1786. Deaths:
Thomas Coutts, banker, 1822; Bobby Moore, footballer, 1993; Dinah
Shore (Frances Rose Shore), singer, 1994. On this day: Pope Gregory
XIII issued a Bull announcing the Gregorian Calendar, 1582; the
Flying Scotsman went into service, 1923; a world land-speed record
of 253.96mph was set by Sir Malcolm Campbell, 1932. Today is the
Feast Day of Saints Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions and St
Praetextatus or Prix.
TOMORROW: Births: Pierre-Firmin-Auguste Renoir, painter, 1841;
Dame Myra Hess, pianist, 1890; Zeppo (Herbert) Marx, comedian and
actor, ...