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Today in History   Get Sponsored   Home   Internet Access   SmartFix ToolBox Today in History Pick a date! JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Birthdays 1952 Bill Beaumont, Sports broadcaster and former rugby player 1945 Procul Harum, (Real name Robin Trower), Pop Singer 1945 Micky Dolenz, Singer with the 'Monkees' 1943 Bobby Fischer, Former world chess champion 1934 Yuri Gagarin, First man in space 1918 Mickey Spillane, American novelist 1892 Victoria Sackville-West, English novelist and poet 1763 William Cobbett, English writer of 'Rural Rides'  Events: 1994 The IRA fired motar bombs at Heathrow airport, but they failed to explode 1987 Bobby Locke, the well known South African golfer, died 1946 33 people died & four hundred were injured when barriers collapsed at an FA cup game at Bolton, Lancashire 1932 Eamon de Valera was elected President of the republic of Ireland 1876 Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent for the first telephone 1862 The first battle between iron clad warships took place, during the American Civil War 1831 King Louis Philippe founded the French Foreign Legion 1796 French leader Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine © 2010, Frontier Express - All rights reserved.