1996 Abbey Speakman, England, born 19 days after her twin sister
1989 Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62
1978 Yamada Mumon Roshi visits Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach Germany
1969 Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks
1969 Beatles release "Abbey Road" album
1969 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album
1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey
1950 Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland
1948 Lynn/Marilyn [Lorraine] Abbey, U.S., sci-fi author, Black Flame
1948 Lynn Abbey, American Author
1947 Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey
1937 Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76
1930 Abbey Lincoln, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress and singer, Nothing But a Man
1927 Edward Abbey, U.S. author, Desert Solitaire
1926 Sean O'Casey's "Plough and Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin
1922 Campbell Adamson, CEO, Abbey National Pictures
1922 Abbey Simon, New York City, pianist
1897 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange"
1887 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
1874 David Livingstone, buried in Westminster Abbey
1860 Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
1852 Edward Austin Abbey, U.S., painter, Quest of the Holy Grail
1838 Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey
1814 Ellen Wood, English author, East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey
1762 Roubiliacs monument for Handel unveiled at Westminster Abbey
1759 Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey
1755 John Flaxman, English sculptor, Westminster Abbey tomb stones
1659 1st known check (400 pounds) (on display at Westminster Abbey)
1559 Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey
1535 Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked and destroyed
1066 Westminster Abbey opens
1065 Westminister Abbey opens in London
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