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1995 Wellington 2-498d and 4-475 beat Canterbury 496 and 2-476d

1995 Joan A C Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at 84

1988 Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies

1980 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 16 performances

1980 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 16 performances

1977 George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86

1973 Dennis Price, actor (VIPs, Pulp, Canterbury Tales), dies at 58

1973 55th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 277 at Canterbury, Cleveland

1969 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 122 performances

1969 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 122 performances

1966 Hewlett Johnson, Red Deacon of Canterbury, dies

1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury

1958 Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate, April, 1981

1958 Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate, Apr, 1981

1953 Julian Brazier, born in Kent, England, British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Canterbury

1946 46th U.S. Golf Open: Lloyd Mangrum shoots a 284 at Canterbury Golf Club Cleveland

1942 Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury

1940 44th U.S. Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury Golf Club Ohio

1934 Sheila Cameron, QC, Vicar-General, Province of Canterbury

1927 David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent at Canterbury

1921 Robert Runcie, Kennedy, Liverpool England, Archbishop of Canterbury

1911 Margot Grahame, born in Canterbury, England, born Margaret Clark, actress, compared to Jean Harlow, dubbed the 'Aluminum Blonde', performed with Bebe Daniels in The Fabulous Joe

1910 Donald Coggan, English archbishop of York/Canterbury, Glory of God

1910 Joan Alice Chetwode Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury

1903 Eric Portman, born in Yorkshire, England, actor, Naked Edge, Canterbury Tale

1903 Frederick William Farrar, writer/dean (Canterbury 1895-1903), dies

1899 Kenneth MacKenna, Canterbury, New Hampshire, actor and director, Those We Love

1887 Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury

1882 Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator, Canterbury Tales

1874 Hewlett Johnson, Red Dean of Canterbury, English bishop

1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn

1663 William Juxon, archbishop of Canterbury (1660-63), dies

1645 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71

1638 John Ward, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba, dies at 67 in Essex, England

1633 George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60

1616 William Sancroft, Archbishop, Canterbury

1611 George Abbot appointed archbishop of Canterbury

1610 Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66

1604 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74

1575 Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68

1573 William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45

1571 John Ward, born in Canterbury, England, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba

1562 George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury

1556 Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury

1556 Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66

1533 Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury

1532 William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82

1504 Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury

1503 Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies

1414 Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies

1400 Geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), dies in London

1292 John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62

1240 Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies

1213 English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury

1180 Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, French master builder (Canterbury), dies

1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon

1178 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation)

1173 Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Absp of Canterbury

1117 Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury

1109 Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies

1089 Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies

988 Dunstanus, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies

604 605? Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies


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