About this day: Thursday July 25.Born on this day Verdine White, 51, singer and percussionist with Earth, Wind and Fire; Iman, 47, model and wife of David Bowie; Matt Le Blanc, 35, American actor famous for playing Joey in Friends; Lee Sharpe, 31, footballer. To add your birthday contact Katherine Hale, 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, e-mail katherine.hale@wme.co.uk giving no more than one month's notice. This day in religion Feast day of St Christopher, patron of bachelors, bus drivers, police officers, soldiers and travellers. Thought for the day Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read - Anon Quote of the day ``It's very difficult buying clothes because I have exceptionally long limbs. I drag my arms along the floor, Neanderthal-style'' -- TV presenter Jamie Theakston Daily countdown 206th: Day of the year 153: Days to Christmas Day Died on this day 1987: Henry Mayhew, British social investigator and founder of Punch. 1958: Harry Warner, film executive. 1997: Ben Hogan, American golfer. This day in history 1814: The first steam locomotive was demonstrated by George Stephenson. 1909: French aviator Louis Bleriot made his first Channel crossing. The flight took 43 minutes. 1917: Mata Hari was sentenced to death after being found guilty of spying. 1929: Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI (Latin: Pius PP. XI; Italian: Pio XI; May 31, 1857 – February 10, 1939), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, reigned as Pope from February 6, 1922 and as sovereign of Vatican City from 1929 until his death on February 10, 1939. became the first Pope to leave the Vatican since 1870. 1943: Benito Mussolini was forced to resign as Dictator of Italy. 1959: The hovercraft Hovercraft: see air-cushion vehicle. SRN-1 made its first journey from Britain to France. 1971: Dr Christiaan Barnard carried out the first combined heart and lung transplant. 2000: A Concorde burst into flames and crashed on take off from Paris, the first accident incolving Concorde in its 31year history. A day in the life July 25, 1857: The last publicexecution in Cardiff took place when John Lewis was hanged outside Cardiff Prison for murdering his wife. From Cardiff Day by Day by John May, published by Castle Publications |
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