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1996 Heather Swift, local councellor, dies at 79
1996 Les Burns, local councillor, dies at 53 1996 John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70 1995 U.S. Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations 1995 Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections 1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections 1992 FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service 1983 Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion 1970 New York City local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing 1967 1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester) 1956 Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white 1954 Elvis Presley joins Memphis Federation of Musicians, Local 71 1954 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) New York City (Castro Decorators) 1953 John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War 1953 Judi Spiers, born in Britain, Judith Marilyn Spiers, British radio and television presenter, hosted Mr TSW and Miss TSW local beauty contests for new south-west station TSW, appeared in six editions of daytime chat show, presented on Open Air, a BBC1 access television program, in 1986, and Pebble Mill program 1992- 1995, presenter, BBC Radio Devon since 2005 1952 Alec John Such, born in Yonkers, New York, rocker, musician, former bassist for band Bon Jovi, managed local New Jersey bands and Heaven band in Chicago with James Young of Styx 1946 Bill Forsyth, director, Local Hero, Breaking, Indiana, Housekeeping 1943 John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies 1942 Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed 1942 Les Burns, local councillor 1940 British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms 1935 Hague local museum opens 1926 John "Jack" Layden, local politician 1923 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney 1917 Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix 1917 Heather Swift, local councillor 1915 Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland) 1908 Lab Rachel Katherine Hamilton-Russell ouchere, local historian 1882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board) 1874 Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning 1788 Vizille France population demands local parliament 1639 Dorchester Massachusetts, forms 1st school funded by local taxes |
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