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Anniversaries
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Births: Francis I, King of France, 1494; Sir William Dugdale,
herald and antiquary, 1605; Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor (of
the Gatling gun), 1818; Herbert Henry Asquith, first Earl of Oxford
and Asquith, statesman, 1852; Frederick Louis MacNeice, poet and
broadcaster, 1907; John Cleveland (Jesse) Owens, athlete, 1913.
Deaths: Dr Peter Mark Roget, lexicographer, 1869; Rupert D'Oyly
Carte, operatic impresario, 1948; Anthony Perkins, actor, 1992;
Raymond William Stacy Burr, actor, 1993. On ...
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Anniversaries
The Independent - London
; Births: Francis I, King of France, 1494; Sir William Dugdale, herald and antiquary, 1605; Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor (of the Gatling gun), 1818; Herbert Henry Asquith, first Earl of Oxford and Asquith, statesman, 1852; Frederick Louis MacNeice, poet and broadcaster, 1907; John Cleveland
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Birthday words..(Astrology)
The Mirror (London, England)
; Youth would be an ideal state if it came later in life. - Liberal prime minister Herbert Henry Asquith, born this day in 1852.
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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ON THIS DAY.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; 1882 Warwickshire County Cricket Club was founded at a meeting in the Queen's Hotel, Coventry. 1908 Herbert Henry Asquith became Liberal Prime Minister and held office until December 7, 1916. 1915 The Croix de Guerre, France's military decoration for bravery in battle, was instituted. 1946 The
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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ON THIS DAY IN ...(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; 1904: Britain and France signed the Entente Cordiale, a mutual recognition of each other's colonial interests. 1908: Liberal Herbert Henry Asquith became Prime Minister. 1925: The Australian government and the British Colonial Office offered low-interest loans to enable Britons to emigrate to
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On This Day.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; 1904: Britain and France signed the Entente Cordiale, a mutual recognition of each other's colonial interests. 1908: Liberal Herbert Henry Asquith became Prime Minister. 1925: The Australian government and the British Colonial Office offered low-interest loans to enable Britons to emigrate to
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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ON THIS DAY.(Letters)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; 1838 Brunel's 236ft steamship Great Western left Bristol for New York on her maiden voyage. 1904 Britain and France signed the Entente Cordiale, a mutual recognition of each other's colonial interests. 1908 Liberal Herbert Henry Asquith became Prime Minister. 1967 Bare-foot Sandie Shaw won the
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Leading Article: Off her plinth
The Independent - London
; A DECADE is a long time in politics. Margaret Thatcher, who at one time seemed destined to have a lifetime membership of the Top Leaders in History club, has fallen to fifth place behind that dripping wet Herbert Henry Asquith in the BBC's rankings of 20th-century prime ministers. Not only that,
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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CARTER GOT WHAT SHE WANTED - `A BADDIE'.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; Oscar contender Helena Bonham Carter was hoping for something different when she landed the lead role in ``Wings of the Dove After playing ingenues in a string of costume period pieces, the great-granddaughter of British Prime Minister Lord Herbert Henry Asquith was pleased to find she was playing
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On this day.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; 217: Roman emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) was assassinated. 1838: Brunel's 236ft steamship Great Western left Bristol for New York on her maiden voyage. 1904: Britain and France signed the Entente Cordiale, a mutual recognition of each other's colonial interests. 1908: Liberal
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Comments & quotes
The Secured Lender
; The following comments are chosen to amuse, stimulate and arouse our readers. In keeping with the column's theme, I would like to quote John Bartlett, from his book of Familiar Quotations, "The object of this work is to show, to some extent, the obligations our language owes to various authors for
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