About this day.Friday February 7 Born this day Peter Jay, 66, writer and broadcaster; James Spader, 43, American actor; Eddie Izzard Edward John "Eddie" Izzard (born February 7, 1962) is an English[1] stand-up comedian and actor, known for his cross-dressing. His comedic style is expressed in rambling, surreal monologue and self-referential pantomime. , 41, comedian; Garth Brooks, 41, country singer; Pete Postlethwaite, 58, actor; Mick McCarthy, Republic of Ireland football manager, 44; Brian Deane, 35, footballer and Echo readers Hazel Williams, 50, and twins Ieuan and Rhys Parsons aged 10, all on Sunday. # To add your birthday, contact Dominic Rees, 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. Street, Cardiff CF10 1XR or e-mail dominic.rees@wme.co.uk giving no more than one month's notice. This day in religion Feast day of Moses (of Saracens).Thought for the day At dinner one should eat wisely, but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely - Somerset MaughamQuote of the day ``I love English. I love writing and reading. And I love psychology and philosophy and ancient history. So anything to do with any of those things.'' -- Cardiff's Charlotte Church on what she would like to write a book about.Daily countdown 38th Day of the year 321 Days to ChristmasDied on this day 1779: William Boyce, English composer and organist. 2001: Dale Evans, wife and co-star of Roy Rogers in 35 films. This day in history 1821: Seal hunter John Davis became the first person ever to set foot on Antarctica. He never returned. 1845: The Portland Vase, a Roman cameo glass vase dating from the 1st Century BC, was smashed by a drunken visitor to the British Museum. 1947: The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated 150BC-AD68, were found in caves by the Jordan River. 1991: John Major and his senior Cabinet ministers escaped an assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. attempt when the IRA fired three mortar shells at 10 Downing Street from a parked van. 2001: Ariel Sharon was elected as Israeli Prime Minister. A day in the life1916: Cardiff became a Roman Catholic archdiocese. From Cardiff Day by Day by John May, published by Castle Publications |
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