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1996 Lloyd and Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs vs. Essex

1995 Mark Ilott takes 9-19 incl all lbw hat-trick, Essex vs. Northants

1995 Northants all out 46 vs. Essex and wins game next day

1983 Surrey all out for 14 vs. Essex, their lowest score ever

1974 Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont 1997

1974 Robert Rollins, cricketer, big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman

1974 Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball

1972 Mike Procter 8-73 with hat-trick, plus 51 and 102, Gloucs vs. Essex

1972 Adrian Rollins, cricketer, Derbyshire batsman, bro of Robert of Essex

1971 Ronnie Irani, cricketer, Essex all-rounder, England 1996

1969 Nadeem Shahid, born in Karachi, Pakistan, Nadeem 'Nads' Shahid, English first-class cricketeer, 148 game career as right-handed batsman included 6453 runs at 31.02 with 9 hundreds, played for Essex and Surrey

1968 Nasser Hussain, cricketer, Essex and England batsman

1966 Doris Pearson, Essex, rocker, 5 Star-Silk and Steel

1966 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs. Somerset

1964 Stedman Pearson, born in Essex, rock vocalist, Five Star-Silk and Steel

1963 Salim Malik, cricketer, memorable Pakistani and Essex batsman

1962 Dave Gahan, Essex, rock vocalist, Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me

1962 Paul Webb, born in Essex, England, musician, producer, bass player, member of reggae band Eskalator, joined band TalkTalk in 1981, produced album 'The Year of the Leopard' with James Jorkston in 1996

1961 Vince Clarke, born in Basildon, Essex, rock keyboardist, Erasure

1961 [Genevieve] Alison Moyet, Essex England, rock vocalist, Yaz, Alf

1956 Juliet Stevenson, Essex England, actress, Secret Rapture, Life Story

1950 Vicki Michelle, Essex England, actress, Virgin Witch, Allo Allo

1948 Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs. Essex, world record

1948 Bradman scores 187 Australia vs. Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five

1947 David Essex, Cook, London, rock vocalist/actor, That'll be the Day

1947 Tony Cooner, born in Essex, drummer, Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing

1947 Sandi Shaw, Sandra Goodrich, Essex, rocker, Girl Don't Come

1945 Chris Copping, Essex England, rock bassist, Procol Harum

1944 Keith Fletcher, cricket captain, Essex and England

1943 1st battle of Essex/new Yorktown: U.S. assault on Marcus Island

1942 Ian Dury, Upminster Essex, rocker, Blockheads, actor, Judge Dredd

1941 Sarah Miles, born in Essex, England, actress, Ryan's Hope, Big Sleep, Venom

1941 Geoff Hurst, cricketer, Essex 1962, better known as soccer immortal

1941 Brian Poole, Essex England, vocalist, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes

1941 Ron Johnston, Vice-Chancellor, Essex U

1937 Quinlan Terry, born in Hampstead, London, architect, Palladian style, known for Brentwood Cathedral in Essex, partner, Erith & Terry

1937 Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman

1933 Verity bowls out Essex twice in a day, 8-47 and 9-44, at Leyton

1932 Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks vs. Essex

1931 Ian Holm, born in Ilford Essex, England, actor, Himmler-Holocaust

1930 Kenny Ball, born in Essex, England, musician, lead trumpet player, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, appeared in film Live It Up!, featured with Joe Brown, Brenda Lee on Kapp Records

1922 Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex

1921 Albert Sloman, Vice-Chancellor, Essex U

1920 Bert Weedon, born in Essex, London, musician, guitarist, composer, influenced Eric Clapton, Brian May, Mike Odefield, The Beatles, created "Play in a Day" guitar tutorial guide

1917 Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die

1915 Julian Ridsdale, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

1914 James Scarlett, born in England, born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, Lord Abinger, politician, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex

1912 Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex

1905 John Carmel Heenan, Essex, cardinal archbp of Westminster, 1963-75

1902 Ranji (230) and Newham (153) add 344 for 7th wkt, Sussex vs. Essex

1882 Wallis Clark, born in Essex, England, actress, Postal Inspector

1813 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex

1771 Sydney Smith, Woodford Essex, preacher/reformer/author

1646 Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, dies

1643 1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts)

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

1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth

1601 Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London

1601 Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth

1599 Earl van Essex and Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty

1596 English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz

1566 Robert Devereux 2nd earl of Essex/cousin/lover of Elizabeth I

1544 William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist, researcher into magnetism

1381 English boer uprising begins in Essex


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