2011 Event Rioting takes place in English cities including Manchester, liverpool, Salford, Birmingham and Nottingham; police from Scotland are called in to help 1996 Death John Hartford Worlock, RC Bishop (Liverpool), dies at 76 1995 Death John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74 1985 Death 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match 1984 Event Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome 1984 Event Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens 1981 Event Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris 1978 Event Liverpool wins 23rd Europe Cup I 1977 Event Liverpool wins 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome 1976 Event Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge 1972 Event "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" by Little Jimmy Osmond peaks at #38 1972 Birthday Denise Booker, Liverpool, golfer, S Australian, Jr. champ 1990 1968 Birthday John Johnstone, Liverpool, New York, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1968 Birthday Mardi Lunn, born in Liverpool, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1994 McDonald's-17th 1968 Birthday Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Sydney Australia, golfer, 1991 Thailand Open 1966 Event Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens 1966 Event Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes 1965 Birthday Cathy Tyson, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Serpant and Rainbow 1964 Birthday Ian Hart, born in Liverpool, England, actor, theater, television, film roles include, 'Michael Collins', 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' 1964 Birthday John Parrott, born in Liverpool, England, professional snooker player, winner, World Snooker Championship, 1991, won UK Championship title, 1991 1963 Event Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool 1963 Birthday Stephen McGann, Liverpool England, actor, Catherine the Great 1961 Birthday Ian Rush, born in St. Asaph, Wales, soccer player, footballer, striker, played with Liverpool FC, Welsh national football team 1961 Event Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club 1960 Birthday Lonny Chin, born in Liverpool, England, playmate, Jan, 1983 1959 Birthday Paul McGann, born in Liverpool, England, actor, breakout role in BBC's The Monocled Mutineer, appeared as Eighth Doctor in 1996 television movie, Dr. Who 1959 Birthday Sammy Lee, born in Liverpool, England, professional soccer player, midfielder, played for Liverpool, represented England fourteen times 1958 Birthday Pete Wylie, born in Liverpool, rocker, Sinful 1956 Birthday Mike Score, Liverpool England, rock guitarist, Flock Of Seagulls 1956 Birthday Kim Cattrall, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Mannequin, Star Trek VI 1955 Birthday Alan Hansen, born in Sauchie, Scotland, professional football player, television pundit, played for Liverpool, Scottish national team, and Patrick Thistle 1955 Birthday Garry Christian, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, musician, singer, played with brother Russell and Roger Christian in sophisti-pop band, The Christians, known for late 1980's, early 1990's chart-topping hits 1951 Birthday David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film 1951 Birthday John Conteh, born in Liverpool, England, athlete, former British boxer, world light-heavyweight boxing champion 1951 Birthday Phil Neal, born in Irchester, Northamptonshire, professional soccer player, manger, right fullback, appeared in the first five of Liverpool's European Cup finals 1950 Birthday Mark Clarke, born in Liverpool, England, musician, bass guitarist, member of bands, Uriah Heep and Colosseum 1950 Birthday Lewis Biggs, curator, Tate Gallery-North Liverpool 1948 Birthday Joey Malland, Liverpool, rock guitarist, Badfinger-Come and Get It 1947 Birthday Tom Evans, born in Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist, Badfinger 1946 Birthday Alison Steadman, Liverpool England, actress, Life is Sweet 1945 Birthday Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke 1944 Birthday Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker, Is This What You Want 1944 Birthday Mike McGear, born in Liverpool, England, singer, Paul McCartney's brother 1943 Birthday Billy J Kramer, Liverpool, rock vocalist, The Dakotas-Bad to Me 1943 Birthday Jim McCarty, born in Liverpool, rock drummer, Yardbirds-For Your Love 1943 Birthday Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist, You're My World 1942 Birthday Paul McCartney, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, Beatles, writes love songs 1942 Birthday Mike Pender, Liverpool, vocalist and guitarist, Searchers-Needles and Pins 1941 Birthday John McNally, Liverpool, rock guitarist and vocalist, Searchers 1941 Event German air raid on Liverpool 1941 Birthday Billy Fury, Liverpool, singer/guitarist, When Will You Say I Love You 1940 Birthday Freddie Marsden, Liverpool, rock drummer, Gerry and The Pacemakers 1940 Birthday Tony Jackson, born in Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist, Searchers 1940 Birthday Rita Tushingham, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Green Eyes, Dr. Zhivago 1939 Event British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard 1939 Birthday Malcolm Thornton, born in England, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1979 - 1983, Member of Parliament for Crosby 1983 - 1997 1936 Birthday Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor, Frenzy, Passage to India 1934 Birthday Colin Welland, born in Liverpool, England, actor, Straw Dogs, Sweeney 1934 Birthday David J Burke, Liverpool England, writer 1932 Birthday Adrian Henri, poet and president, Liverpool Academy of Arts 1931 Birthday John Shirley-Quirk, Liverpool England, baritone, Death in Venice 1929 Birthday Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1929 Birthday David Sheppard, bishop, Liverpool, cricketer, England batsman 1926 Birthday Leonard Rossiter, Liverpool England, actor, Britannia Hospital 1922 Birthday Ken Hughes, Liverpool England, director, Casino Royale 1921 Birthday Robert Runcie, Kennedy, Liverpool England, Archbishop of Canterbury 1920 Birthday John Smith, CEO, Liverpool FC 1920 Birthday Derek Worlock, English RC archbishop, Liverpool 1920 Birthday John Hartford Worlock, rC Bishop of Liverpool 1919 Birthday Patricia Medina, born in Liverpool, England, actress, High-Low 1919 Birthday John Gregson, born in Liverpool England, actor, Gideon CID, Shirley's World 1919 Birthday Bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool 1915 Event British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool 1913 Event Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week" 1912 Birthday Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor, Windom's Way, Young Winston 1910 Birthday Nicholas Monsarrat, Liverpool England, novelist 1907 Birthday Gerald Abrahams, born in Liverpool, author, Teach Yourself Chess 1904 Event 1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport) 1901 Event Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March," premieres in Liverpool 1900 Birthday Arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor, Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train 1895 Birthday Charles Petrie, Liverpool, historian 1891 Birthday Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor, Gaslight, Goose Steps Out 1881 Event SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool 1874 Birthday Franklyn Dyall, Liverpool England, actor, Easy Virtue 1866 Event Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die 1865 Birthday May Whitty, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Mrs Minerva, Suspicion 1859 Event Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die 1856 Event John Rutledge, Liverpool - New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die 1854 Event SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again 1830 Event Duke of Wellington opens Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1829 Event 1st U.K. municipal swimming pool outside of London, opens in Liverpool 1770 Birthday Earl of Liverpool, C, British Prime Minister, 1812-27