About This day: Friday August 23.Born on this day Willy Russell, 55, playwright; Bobby G, 49, musician; Gary Mabbhutt, 41, footballer Tottentham Hotspur; Richard Neville, 23, singer with Five and Echo reader Paul `Dibby' Swain, 41.TO add your birthday contact Ros Curtis, South Wales Echo The South Wales Echo is a daily newspaper distributed in south Wales. It was founded in 1884 and is based in Thomson House, Cardiff city centre. It is published daily, in a tabloid form, by Media Wales Ltd (formerly Western Mail & Echo Ltd), part of the Trinity Mirror group. , Thomson House, Havelock have·lock n. A cloth covering for a cap, having a flap to cover and protect the back of the neck. [After Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857), British soldier.] Noun 1. St, Cardiff, CF10 1XR or e-mail ros.curtis@wme.co.uk giving no more than one month's notice. This day in religion Feast day of St Rose of Lima, Peru, Central and South America, the Philippines. Thought for the dayA husband is what's left over after the nerve has been extracted - Helen RowlandQuote of the day ``We share the planet with a few people who are just evil. That is a problem as old as the species. No law will change it'' -- Tory MP Boris JohnsonDaily countdown 235th: Day of the year 124: Days to Christmas DayDied on this day1305: William Wallace, Scots patriot. 1926: Rudolph Valentino, film actor.This day in history1617: The first one-way streets were introduced in London. 1940: The Blitz began as German bombers commenced all-night raids on London. 1948: Middlesex County Council announced plans for a comprehensive school, the first of its kind. 1966: The Cotswolds were designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. 1977: The introduction of new, smaller pound notes. 1995: Microsoft launched its new computer system, Windows 95. 1999: A boy was pulled out of the rubble of a Turkish earthquake six days after the tragedy. 2001: It was revealed The Notting Hill Carnival Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event which takes place in Notting Hill, London, England each August, over two days (Sunday and the following bank holiday). It has continuously taken place on the streets of Notting Hill since 1965[1]. cost the taxpayer pounds 4m. 2001: A five-year-old boy passed his GCSE GCSE 1. (in Britain) General Certificate of Secondary Education; an examination in specified subjects which replaced the GCE O level and CSE 2. Informal a pass in a GCSE examination Noun 1. in maths. A day in the lifeAugust 23, 1794: About 45 mutinoussailors marched through Cardiff successfully evading the press gang. From Cardiff Day by Day by John May, published by Castle Publications |
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