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1996 John Hartford Worlock, RC Bishop (Liverpool), dies at 76

1995 John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74

1985 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match

1984 Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome

1984 Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens

1981 Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris

1978 Liverpool wins 23rd Europe Cup I

1977 Liverpool wins 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome

1976 Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge

1972 "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" by Little Jimmy Osmond peaks at #38

1972 Denise Booker, Liverpool, golfer, S Australian, Jr. champ 1990

1968 John Johnstone, Liverpool, New York, pitcher for the Houston Astros

1968 Mardi Lunn, born in Liverpool, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1994 McDonald's-17th

1968 Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Sydney Australia, golfer, 1991 Thailand Open

1966 Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens

1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes

1965 Cathy Tyson, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Serpant and Rainbow

1964 Ian Hart, born in Liverpool, England, actor, theater, television, film roles include, 'Michael Collins', 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'

1963 Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool

1963 Stephen McGann, Liverpool England, actor, Catherine the Great

1961 Ian Rush, born in St. Asaph, Wales, soccer player, footballer, striker, played with Liverpool FC, Welsh national football team

1961 Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club

1960 Lonny Chin, born in Liverpool, England, playmate, Jan, 1983

1959 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

1958 Pete Wylie, born in Liverpool, rocker, Sinful

1956 Mike Score, Liverpool England, rock guitarist, Flock Of Seagulls

1956 Kim Cattrall, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Mannequin, Star Trek VI

1955 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 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 John Conteh, born in Liverpool, England, athlete, former British boxer, world light-heavyweight boxing champion

1950 Lewis Biggs, curator, Tate Gallery-North Liverpool

1948 Joey Malland, Liverpool, rock guitarist, Badfinger-Come and Get It

1947 Tom Evans, born in Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist, Badfinger

1946 Alison Steadman, Liverpool England, actress, Life is Sweet

1945 Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke

1944 Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker, Is This What You Want

1944 Mike McGear, born in Liverpool, England, singer, Paul McCartney's brother

1943 Billy J Kramer, Liverpool, rock vocalist, The Dakotas-Bad to Me

1943 Jim McCarty, born in Liverpool, rock drummer, Yardbirds-For Your Love

1943 Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist, You're My World

1942 Paul McCartney, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, Beatles, writes love songs

1942 Mike Pender, Liverpool, vocalist and guitarist, Searchers-Needles and Pins

1941 John McNally, Liverpool, rock guitarist and vocalist, Searchers

1941 German air raid on Liverpool

1941 Billy Fury, Liverpool, singer/guitarist, When Will You Say I Love You

1940 Freddie Marsden, Liverpool, rock drummer, Gerry and The Pacemakers

1940 Tony Jackson, born in Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist, Searchers

1940 Rita Tushingham, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Green Eyes, Dr. Zhivago

1939 British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard

1939 Malcolm Thornton, born in England, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1979 - 1983, Member of Parliament for Crosby 1983 - 1997

1936 Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor, Frenzy, Passage to India

1934 Colin Welland, born in Liverpool, England, actor, Straw Dogs, Sweeney

1934 David J Burke, Liverpool England, writer

1932 Adrian Henri, poet and president, Liverpool Academy of Arts

1931 John Shirley-Quirk, Liverpool England, baritone, Death in Venice

1929 Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles

1929 David Sheppard, bishop, Liverpool, cricketer, England batsman

1926 Leonard Rossiter, Liverpool England, actor, Britannia Hospital

1922 Ken Hughes, Liverpool England, director, Casino Royale

1921 Robert Runcie, Kennedy, Liverpool England, Archbishop of Canterbury

1920 John Smith, CEO, Liverpool FC

1920 Derek Worlock, English RC archbishop, Liverpool

1920 John Hartford Worlock, rC Bishop of Liverpool

1919 Patricia Medina, born in Liverpool, England, actress, High-Low

1919 John Gregson, born in Liverpool England, actor, Gideon CID, Shirley's World

1919 Bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool

1915 British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool

1913 Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week"

1912 Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor, Windom's Way, Young Winston

1910 Nicholas Monsarrat, Liverpool England, novelist

1907 Gerald Abrahams, born in Liverpool, author, Teach Yourself Chess

1904 1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport)

1901 Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March," premieres in Liverpool

1900 Arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor, Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train

1895 Charles Petrie, Liverpool, historian

1891 Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor, Gaslight, Goose Steps Out

1881 SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool

1874 Franklyn Dyall, Liverpool England, actor, Easy Virtue

1866 Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die

1865 May Whitty, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Mrs Minerva, Suspicion

1859 Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die

1856 John Rutledge, Liverpool - New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die

1854 SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again

1830 Duke of Wellington opens Liverpool and Manchester Railway

1829 1st U.K. municipal swimming pool outside of London, opens in Liverpool

1770 Earl of Liverpool, C, British Prime Minister, 1812-27


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