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Cornwall


1976 Chad Kilger, Cornwall, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets

1969 Scott Pearson, Cornwall, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres

1969 Steve Poapst, Cornwall, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals

1948 Charles PAG, prince of Wales/duke of Cornwall

1946 Annette Penhaligon, born in England, politician, secretary for Member of Parliament for Truro, in Cornwall, England, knighted for services to politics and public service

1933 John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall

1932 John Nott, born in Bideford, Devon, Sir John William Frederic Nott, Conservative Party, served as Secretary of State for Defense 1981 - 1983, was Member of Parliament for St. Ives in Cornwall 1966 - 1983

1922 John Alderson, chief constable, Devon and Cornwall UK

1901 Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld

1888 Herman McNeile, Cornwall England, soldier/novelist, Bull-Dog Drummond

1787 Barry Cornwall, Bryan Waller Procter, British? poet

1771 Richard Trevithick, Cornwall, inventor, steam locomotive

1592 John Eliot, St. Germans Cornwall, English MP/author

1497 Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath

1312 Piers Gaveston, earl of Cornwall, beheaded


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