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1987 A pair in Coventry, England ties world record for longest singles tennis match at 80 hours 21 minutes
1982 British ship Atlantic Conveyor and Coventry were hit in Falkland war 1981 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1978 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1976 Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic 1973 KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens New York) 1967 Debee Ashby, born in Coventry, England, topless model, There's Girl in My Soup 1963 Laura Davies, Coventry England, LPGA golfer, 1989 Lady Keystone Open 1959 Martin Atkins, born in Coventry, England, Martin Clive Atkins, rocker, musician, worked with post-punk, industrial group Public Image Ltd., Ministry 1955 Hazel O'Connor, Coventry, England, singer and actress, Breaking Glass 1952 Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009, assumed roles of Secretary of State for Defense, since 1992, serves as a Member of Parliament for Coventry North East 1944 Robert Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph 1940 During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England 1932 Billie Whitelaw, born in Coventry, England, actress, Omen, Adding Machine 1930 Simon Barrington-Ward, born in England, educated at Eton College, Cambridge, 7th Bishop of Coventry in the Church of England, 1985 - 1997, Bishop with pastoral care, University of Cambridge 1925 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59 1922 Philip Larkin, born in Coventry, England, writer, North Ship, Jill 1908 Lord Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar 1897 Dennis King, Coventry England, comedian, Devil's Brother 1847 Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director, Imperial Theatre 1823 Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore, English poet 1678 Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes 1649 Margaret Coventry, 1st English earl of Shaftesbury, dies |
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