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On This Day: November 21, 2009

Birthdays:
  1787Samuel Cunard, Canadian shipowner
  1888Harpo Marx, Harp playing comedian in the famous Marx Brothers films
  1913Roy Boulting, Renowned film maker
  1922Telly Savalas, American actor best known as TV's 'Kojak'
  1941Juliet Mills, Actress and daughter of Sir John Mills
  1943Jacques Laffite, French Grand Prix driver
  1945Goldie Hawn, Oscar winning American actress

Events:
  1783A Montgolfier brothers hot-air balloon, took Jean de Rosier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 500ft above Paris
  1843A Briton, Thomas Hancock, patented vulcanised rubber. He had produced the first ever inflatable toy balloons in 1825
  1922Ramsay MacDonald was elected leader of the Labour Party
  1953The Skull of Piltdown Man was proved to be a hoax,it had long been believed to be the missing link
  1974The IRA exploded two bombs in two Birmingham Pubs, killing 17 people and injuring 20 others
  1991An 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.
  1994The Ogoni Civil Disturbances Tribunal is sworn in by Justice Mohammed Bello.




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