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On this day.(News)
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Born on this day
1596: Rene Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician.
1621: Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet.
1732: Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer, whose works include the Seasons and Creation.
1811: Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, ...
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Leap Into Legend: Donald Campbell and the complete story of the world speed records. (Books).
Magazine article from: The Engineer
; ...track at Imola, but Campbell's spectacular death...of his father, Sir Malcolm Campbell, feature strongly...With the exception of Donald, these men achieved...confidante to both Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell for a period of 45...
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BOOK REVIEW: The untold story of Campbell's final fatal quest; Donald Campbell: The Man Behind the Mask by David Tremayne (Bantam Books).(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...s Coniston Water, on January 4 1967, Donald Campbell, the only son of Sir Malcolm Campbell, renowned as 'the fastest man on earth...attempt to push that record beyond 300mph. Donald Campbell's chosen machine, the latest in the Bluebird...
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Body is speed ace Campbell.(News)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; ...Coniston and samples taken from Ms Campbell and Mrs Wales. Mr Langhorn said...Union Jacks on the pocket. Ms Campbell confirmed to coroner Ian Smith...that the remains are that of Donald Malcolm Campbell CBE." CAPTION(S): DAUGHTER...
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News Focus: Donald Campbell.(ROP)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...with death was a way of life for Donald Campbell as it had been for his father before him. Sir Malcolm Campbell held the land and speed record...died from a stroke in 1949, Campbell inherited his record-breaking...
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A house that helped the Bluebirds to fly; Facing massive debts, Donald Campbell sold this home to pay for his fateful world speed bids.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...has been updated since Campbell moved out in 1965...almost killed the young Campbell. As a boy, living at his father Malcolm's house nearby, Donald was larking about in...house by its links to Campbell. Philip, 45, says...
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CAMPBELL GRANDSON IN SPEED RECORD BID
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail
; A CAMPBELL and a Bluebird...speed record. Donald Wales, 37, grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell, is this weekend...speed ace Sir Malcolm clocked world...reviving the heroic Campbell tradition and...Wales' uncle Donald Campbell who...
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CAMPBELL GRANDSON IN SPEED RECORD BID.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; A CAMPBELL and a Bluebird...speed record. Donald Wales, 37, grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell, is this weekend...speed ace Sir Malcolm clocked world...reviving the heroic Campbell tradition and...Wales' uncle Donald Campbell who...
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Donald Campbell buried; FUNERAL: Water speed hero finally laid to rest.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...Mourners spoke of Campbell's "courage, generosity...told the congregation. Campbell, 46, was killed in...stretching back to Sir Malcolm, Donald's father, who broke...synonymous with the Campbell name. Last December...
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In the wake of the speed king; An author has realised a childhood ambition to tell the story of land and water speed record legend Donald Campbell, says Nick Ames ;ES WHEELS.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ...A meeting with Campbell's sister, Jean...For instance, Donald was constantly...father was Sir Malcolm but the title...said that Sir Malcolm discouraged Donald from record attempts...anything too soon. "Campbell was proud of his...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...1958; Albert Camus, novelist and playwright, killed 1 9 60; Thomas Stearns Eliot, poet and critic, 1965; Donald Malcolm Campbell, land and water speed record breaker, killed 1967; Joy-Friederike Victoria Adamson, naturalist and writer...
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