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Leicester
1969 Frank McCormack, Leicester Massachusetts, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1968 Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England

1967 1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester)

1949 John Illsley, born in Leicester, England, rock bassist, Dire Straits

1947 Rob Townsend, rock drummer, Family Leicester

1941 Soraya Khashoogi, born in Leicester, England, wife, Adrian Khashoogi

1925 Richard Rutt, bishop of Leicester

1645 Battle at Naseby Leicester: New Model army under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beats royalists

1586 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, becomes governor of Neth

1585 English fleet and earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen

1564 Robert Dudley becomes earl of Leicester

1265 Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle

1265 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester

1264 Battle at Lewes: Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III



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