On This Day: November 21, 2009
Birthdays:| 1787 | Samuel Cunard, Canadian shipowner | | 1888 | Harpo Marx, Harp playing comedian in the famous Marx Brothers films | | 1913 | Roy Boulting, Renowned film maker | | 1922 | Telly Savalas, American actor best known as TV's 'Kojak' | | 1941 | Juliet Mills, Actress and daughter of Sir John Mills | | 1943 | Jacques Laffite, French Grand Prix driver | | 1945 | Goldie Hawn, Oscar winning American actress |
Events:| 1783 | A Montgolfier brothers hot-air balloon, took Jean de Rosier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 500ft above Paris | | 1843 | A Briton, Thomas Hancock, patented vulcanised rubber. He had produced the first ever inflatable toy balloons in 1825 | | 1922 | Ramsay MacDonald was elected leader of the Labour Party | | 1953 | The Skull of Piltdown Man was proved to be a hoax,it had long been believed to be the missing link | | 1974 | The IRA exploded two bombs in two Birmingham Pubs, killing 17 people and injuring 20 others | | 1991 | An Egyptian, Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, is elected Secretary-General of the United Nations, bringing an end to Nigeria's former military leader, General Obasanjo's
hope for the job. | | 1994 | The Ogoni Civil Disturbances Tribunal is sworn in by Justice Mohammed Bello. |
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