1976 Birthday Chad Kilger, Cornwall, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets 1969 Birthday Scott Pearson, Cornwall, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres 1969 Birthday Steve Poapst, Cornwall, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals 1948 Birthday Charles PAG, prince of Wales/duke of Cornwall 1946 Birthday 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 Birthday John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall 1932 Birthday 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 Birthday John Alderson, chief constable, Devon and Cornwall UK 1901 Event Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld 1888 Birthday Herman McNeile, Cornwall England, soldier/novelist, Bull-Dog Drummond 1787 Birthday Barry Cornwall, Bryan Waller Procter, British? poet 1771 Birthday Richard Trevithick, Cornwall, inventor, steam locomotive 1592 Birthday John Eliot, St. Germans Cornwall, English MP/author 1497 Event Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath 1312 Death Piers Gaveston, earl of Cornwall, beheaded
