2012 Event Jon Lord, an English composer and pianist and co-founder of the heavy rock group, Deep Purple, dies after suffering a pulmonary embolism 2010 Event Northern Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army is accused of abduction and forced recruitment of 697 people in the past year and a half 2010 Event The BBC finds evidence of a massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo carried out by the Lord's Resistance Army last December, in which 321 people, including children, were killed 2004 Event 76th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King sweeps all eleven nominations, including Best Picture, Sean Penn and Charlize Theron win lead acting awards 2002 Death Walter Lord, American Author 2001 Death Lord Hailsham, British Politician 2001 Death William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89 1999 Death Lord Killanin, Irish Journalist 1998 Death Lord Lew Grade, producer, The Muppet Show, dies at 91 1998 Death Jack Lord, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 77 1996 Death Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord, dies at 85 1996 Event India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's 1996 Event Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut 1995 Death Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies 1995 Death Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer, dies at 69 1995 Death Lord Lovat, Scottish landowner, dies at 83 1995 Death Lord Taylor of Hadfield, British President of Taylor Woodrow Group, dies at 90 1993 Event Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* vs. England at Lord's 1993 Death William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81 1993 Death Marian Anderson, U.S. contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96 1993 Death Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies 1990 Death Lord Caradon, British Diplomat 1990 Event Graham Gooch scores 333 vs. India at Lord's 1990 Death Terence O'Neil, lord/Prime Minister of Ulster 1963 - 1969, dies 1988 Death Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies 1987 Death [Gordon] Randall [P D] Garrett, author (Lord Darcy), dies at 60 1984 Event Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 241 balls to win Lord's Test 1982 Event Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war 1981 Event Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, vs. England at Lord's 1981 Event George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine" 1980 Event John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's 1979 Death Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered at 14 1977 Birthday Liv Tyler, born in New York City, daughter of Steven Tyler, actress, The Lord of the Rings trilogy 1977 Birthday Orlando Bloom, born in Canterbury, England, actor, appeared in 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Pirates of the Caribbean', 'Kingdom of Heaven' films 1976 Birthday Dominic Monaghan, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, known for playing role of Merry in 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, 'Lost' and 'FlashForward' television shows 1976 Event George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing "My Sweet Lord" 1976 Death Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies 1976 Birthday Balthazar Getty, actor, Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies 1974 Event British Lord Lucan disappears 1974 Event India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 minutes 1972 Death Akim Tamiroff, actor (Hotel Paradisio, Lord Jim), dies at 72 1972 Event Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics 1971 Event "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on United Kingdom pop chart 1971 Event George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" 1970 Event George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single 1969 Event John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut vs. WI at Lord's 1969 Birthday Cate Blanchett, born in Ivanhoe, Australia, actress, Academy-Award winning performance in 'The Aviator', other films include, 'Elizabeth', 'The Lord of the Rings' 1969 Event "Trumpets of the Lord" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 7 performances 1969 Event "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 7 performances 1968 Death Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place), dies at 89 1968 Event Australia all out for 78 vs. England at Lord's 1965 Birthday David Wenham, born in Marrickville, Australia, appeared in films, 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Van Helsing', '300' 1965 Event Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, vs. New Zealand at Lord's 1964 Death W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, English Minister of Information, dies at 85 1964 Birthday Sarah FE Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon 1963 Event Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies 1962 Event SN Behrman's "Lord Pengo," premieres in New York City 1961 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord 1960 Event Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa vs. England Lord's 1960 Event English prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon) 1959 Death Lord Irwin, ambassador to U.S. (1940-46), dies at 78 1959 Birthday Lord Rayleigh, agri-businessman, Lord Rayleigh Farms 1959 Birthday Sean Bean, born in Handsworth, England, actor, television, appeared in series 'Sharpe', films include 'The Lord of the Rings', 'GoldenEye' 1958 Birthday Viggo Mortensen, born in New York City, New York, actor, appeared in 'The Lord of the Rings' film trilogy, 'Eastern Promises', 'A History of Violence', 'Hidalgo' 1958 Birthday Michael Flatley, born in Chicago, Illinois, Irish choreographer, Lord of Dance 1958 Event New Zealand all out 47 vs. England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17 1957 Death Lord Dunsany, Edward J M D Plunkett, author (Jorkens), dies at 79 1957 Death Leslie Hore-Belisha, Lord Halifax, British Minister of Transport, dies at 63 1952 Birthday Nancy Lord, Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate 1992 1949 Birthday Helene Hayman, born in England, Baroness Helene Hayman, Helene Valerie Hayman, Member of Parliament, Life Peer, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom 1949 Birthday James Sempill, born in Scotland, born James William Stuart Whitemore Sempill, Lord Sempill, 21st Lord Sempill, Peerage of Scotland, created in 1489 for Sir John Sempill 1948 Event Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's 1948 Event Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor-General of India 1948 Birthday Lord Egremont, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1948 Birthday Peter Mond, born in England, 4th Baron Melchett, Lord Melchett, heir to Sir Alfred Mond's fortune, Labor Party whip, researched cannabis addition, Greenpeace activist 1947 Event British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan 1947 Birthday Stephen R. Donaldson, U.S., sci-fi author, Lord Foul's Bane 1947 Event Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India 1946 Birthday Lord Walton of Detchant, physician, Warden of Green College Oxford 1946 Birthday Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, British QC 1946 Death William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason 1945 Event Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London 1945 Event Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's 1945 Event William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) British radio traitor charged with treason 1945 Birthday Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State, Scotland 1945 Event Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary 1945 Event Australia Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets 1945 Event Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's 1945 Event Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks 1945 Birthday Lord Skelmersdale, British minister, C 1945 Event Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen 1944 Death Lord Moyne, British prefect (Middle-East), murdered 1944 Death David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle 1943 Event Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia 1943 Birthday George Harrison, rocker, Beatle/Travelling Willberries-My Sweet Lord 1943 Birthday Lord Mountevans, born in England, born Edward Patrick Broke Evans, 3rd Baron Mountevans of Chelsea in the County of London 1942 Birthday Daliah Lavi, Shavel Zion Israel, actress, Casino Royalle, Lord Jim 1942 Birthday Lord McAlpine, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1941 Birthday Jon Lord, born in England, keyboardist, Deep Purple-Hush, White Snake 1941 Death Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies 1941 Birthday Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire, Union International 1940 Birthday Screaming Lord Sutch, rocker 1940 Birthday Lord Davies, chairman, Welsh National Opera 1940 Birthday Alexander Irvine, Lord Chanceller of U.K., 1997- 1940 Event Lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production 1940 Birthday Lord Camoys, deputy CEO, Barclays de Zoete Wedd 1939 Event Lord Haw-Haw becomes radio host of Reichsrundfunk Berlin 1939 Event Headley scores a cricket century in each innings vs. England at Lord's 1938 Birthday Ralph Bakshi, animator, Lord of Rings, Fritz the Cat, Mighty Mouse 1938 Birthday Alexander Graham, Lord Mayor of London 1938 Birthday Harry McGowan, born in England, born Harry Duncan Cory McGowan, Lord McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan 1938 Event Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's 1938 Event Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's 1938 Event British Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister 1938 Birthday Lord Justice Ward, British judge 1937 Event Britains Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement 1937 Event Test cricket debut of Len Hutton vs. New Zealand at Lord's, scores 0 and 1 1937 Birthday Lord "Benjie" Iveagh, British brewer, Guinness, large landowner 1937 Birthday Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth 1937 Birthday Christopher Rose, born in England, Lord Justice Rose, Sir Christopher Rose, judge, member, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, served Court of Appeal of England and Wales 1936 Birthday Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party 1935 Birthday Lord Peter Palumbo, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1935 Birthday Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank 1935 Birthday Lord Ichayra, Secretary-General, British Banking Association 1934 Birthday Lord Patrick Beresforord, blood-stock agent 1934 Birthday Simon Mackay, born in Scotland, born Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries, Lord Tannlaw, crossbench member of the House of Lords, director or family company Inchape 1934 Birthday Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales 1934 Birthday Bobby Lord, Sanford, Florida, country singer, Ozark Jubilee 1933 Birthday Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda 1933 Birthday Christopher Staughton, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1933 Birthday John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall 1933 Event 1st flight over Mount Everest by Lord Clydesdale 1933 Death Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64 1932 Birthday Peter O'Toole, born in Ireland, actor, Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia 1932 Event Commencement of India's 1st Test cricket, vs. England at Lord's 1932 Birthday Lord Renton, MP, Conservative 1932 Birthday Nourse, British lord justice 1932 Birthday Lord Young of Graffham, CEO, Cables and Wireless 1932 Birthday James Clyde, born in England, Baron Clyde, son of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, British judge, Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland 1931 Event Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable 1931 Birthday Lord Clinton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1931 Birthday Lord Cameron of Lochbroom, lord advocate 1931 Birthday Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal 1931 Birthday John Chalstrey, alderman/Lord Mayor, London 1931 Event Gandhi and British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact 1931 Birthday William Warner Westenra, born in Ireland, born William Warner Westenra, Lord Rossmore, 7th Baron Rossmore, Peerage of Ireland 1930 Birthday Lord Chorley, mountaineering enthusiast 1930 Event Bradman scores 254 at Lord's vs. England, 320 minutes, 25 fours 1930 Birthday Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland 1930 Birthday Lord Snowdon, Anthony Armstrong-Jones, London, photographer 1929 Birthday Bob Hawke, cricketer, no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954 1929 Birthday Lord Craig of Radley, marshal, RAF 1929 Birthday Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda 1929 Birthday Lord St. John of Fawsley 1929 Birthday John Taylor, bishop, St. Albans, Lord High Almoner to Queen 1929 Birthday David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland 1928 Birthday Jack Lord, New York City, actor, Steve McGarrett-Hawaii 5-0, God's Little Acre 1928 Birthday Eric Lubbock, born in England, born Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, 4th Baron Avebury, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Orpington 1928 Birthday Roddy McDowall, London England, actor, Planet of Apes, Lord Love a Duck 1927 Birthday Lord Wolfson, English multi-millionaire 1927 Birthday Lord Whaddon, CEO, Daltrade and Skorimpex-Rind 1927 Birthday Brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1927 Birthday John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland 1927 Birthday Lord Bathurst, English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire 1927 Birthday Lord Wedderburn of Charlton, QC 1927 Birthday Lord Armstrong of Ilminster 1927 Birthday Lord Fanshawe of Richmond, MP 1927 Birthday Lord Belhaven and Stenton 1926 Event Jack Hobbs scores 316* at Lord's (Surrey vs. Middlesex) 1926 Birthday Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC 1926 Event Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's 1926 Event Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton 1926 Birthday David Ogilvy, born in London, England, David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, judge, served as Lord Chamberlain 1926 Birthday Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Airilet 1926 Birthday Lord Fitt, MP, Belfast Ireland 1926 Birthday Rayner Goddard, born in England, Lord Goddard, Baron Goddard, judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, known for his strict conservative rulings 1926 Birthday Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer 1925 Birthday Brian Dilton, British lord justice of appeal 1925 Birthday John Balcombe, Lord Chief Justice of Appeal 1925 Birthday Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary 1925 Birthday Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1925 Birthday Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords, chief opposition whip 1925 Birthday Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder 1925 Death Lord Curzon, British Statesman 1925 Birthday Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords 1924 Birthday Lord Digby, lord-lt for Dorset 1924 Event England score 2-503 in day's play vs. South Africa at Lord's 1924 Event Test cricket ump debut for Frank Chester, vs. South Africa at Lord's 1924 Birthday Glidewell, Lord Justice 1924 Birthday Lord Rippon, British MP 1924 Birthday Lord Tombs, CEO, Rolls Royce 1924 Birthday Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP, Lab, British defense secretary 1924 Birthday M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland 1923 Birthday Harry JN Vane 11th Lord Barnard, English large landowner 1923 Birthday Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal 1923 Birthday Earl of Morley, Lord Lt, Devon 1923 Birthday Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff 1923 Birthday Lord Laing, English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire 1923 Birthday Lord Gordon "Gordy" White, English industrialist/multi-millionaire 1923 Birthday Roger Parker, Lord Justice of Appeal 1922 Death Lord Northcliffe, British Publisher 1922 Birthday Lord Colinbrook, British government minister 1922 Birthday Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC 1922 Birthday Marjorie Lord, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Kathy-Danny Thomas Show 1922 Birthday Lord Pym of Sandy, British minister of foreign affairs 1922 Birthday Lord James Hanson, English industrialist/House of Lords, Conservative 1921 Birthday Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor, Open University England 1921 Event Lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London 1921 Birthday 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1921 Birthday Lord Moore of Wolvercote 1920 Birthday Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord of appeal, Ordinary 1920 Birthday Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals, Northern Ireland 1920 Birthday William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator 1919 Death Lord Charles Beresford, British Politician 1919 Birthday Lord Dormand, of Eastington, British MP, Labour 1919 Birthday Lord Rawlinson, British attorney general, Ewell 1919 Birthday Lord Aberdare, committee chairman, House of Lords 1919 Death Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies 1919 Birthday Lord Maxwell, senator and professor, college of Justice Scotland 1919 Birthday Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down 1918 Birthday Malcolm Shepherd, born in England, born Malcolm Newton Shepherd, Lord Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd of Spalding, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Lords 1918 Birthday Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP, Labour 1918 Birthday Lord Buxton of Alsa, CEO, ITV 1918 Birthday Lord Mulley, British MP, Labour 1918 Birthday Lord Maxd Rayne, English broker/multi-millionaire 1917 Birthday Walter Lord, American Author 1917 Birthday Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC 1917 Birthday Robert Lowell, poet and pacifist, Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean 1916 Birthday Lord Ryder of Eaton hastings, CEO, International Publishing House 1916 Birthday Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker 1916 Birthday Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live 1916 Event Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn," premieres in New York City 1916 Birthday Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, New York, Lord Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, violinist, conductor, writer, studied under George Enescu, Louis Persinger, Adolf Busch 1916 Birthday Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant, Nottinghamshire 1915 Birthday Lord Mishcon, economist 1915 Birthday Lord Huntingfield, British agent to United Nations Secreteriat 1915 Birthday Lord Airedale, British Lord, social democrat 1914 Birthday James Scarlett, born in England, born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, Lord Abinger, politician, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1914 Death Lord O'Brien, British nobleman, dies at 73 1914 Event Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris 1914 Event Lord Kitchner says "Your country needs you," poster spreads over UK 1914 Event Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War 1914 Birthday Lord Killanin, Irish Journalist 1914 Birthday Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister 1914 Birthday Lord Smith, British surgeon 1914 Birthday Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman, Comm House of Lords 1914 Birthday Donald Stokes, born in Plymouth, England, born Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes, Lord Stokes, industrialist, life peer in the House of Lords, managing director of British Leyland Motor Corporation 1914 Birthday Lord Dacre of Glanton, British historian 1913 Birthday Lord Oram, British MP, Labour 1913 Birthday Lord Benson, accountant 1913 Death Lord Avebury, John Lubbock, British banker/politician, dies 1913 Birthday Lord Hirshfield, chartered accountant 1913 Birthday Lord Aberconway, CEO, John Brown and Co 1912 Birthday Lord Kissin, president, GPG 1912 Birthday Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals 1912 Birthday 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 1912 Birthday James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh 1912 Event Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway 1912 Birthday Maitland Mackie, Lord Lt, Aberdeenshire 1911 Birthday William Golding, England, novelist, Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983 1911 Birthday Lord Shackelton, explorer/government minister 1911 Birthday Lord Lovat, Shimi, Scottish cattle breeder/leader of clan Fraser 1911 Birthday Lord Brightman, British judge of appeals 1911 Birthday William Berry, born in England, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph 1911 Birthday Lord Deramore, architect 1911 Birthday Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord 1910 Birthday Lord Richardson, president, General Medical Council 1910 Birthday Lord Grey of Naunton, chancellor, Ulster University 1910 Birthday Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1910 Birthday Lord Cayzer, British financier/swcheeps magnate/multi-millionaire 1909 Birthday John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1909 Birthday Lord Benson, accountant 1909 Birthday Lord Collison, British union leader, agriculture workers 1909 Birthday Lord Milne 1908 Birthday Lord Renton, QC/British government minister 1908 Birthday Lord Jenkins of Putney, British MP of Arts, Labour 1908 Event Lord Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British premier 1908 Birthday Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Lord O'Brien of Lothbury, missionary 1908 Birthday Lord Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar 1907 Birthday Lord Hailsham, British Politician 1907 Birthday Lord Caradon, British Diplomat 1907 Birthday Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal 1906 Birthday Lord Margadale, English Conserv parliament leader/large landowner 1906 Death [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55 1906 Birthday Edmund Davies, British lord of appeal 1905 Birthday Dolores Costello, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Little Lord Fauntleroy 1905 Birthday Lord Carew, born in Ireland, judge, dressage 1905 Birthday Ralph Perring, Lord Mayor, London 1905 Birthday Lord Franks, British ambassador, to U.S. 1904 Birthday Hanning Phillips, Lord Lieutenant, Dyfed 1903 Birthday Lord Roborough, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1902 Birthday Lord Sainsbury of Drury Lane, president, J Sansbury Pics 1902 Event British premier Lord Salisbury resigns 1901 Event Emily Hobhouse view lord Kitcheners concentration camp at Bloemfontein 1900 Event Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa 1900 Birthday Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral 1900 Event Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria 1900 Event British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg 1900 Event Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in South Africa 1900 Event Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city 1900 Birthday Lord Gladwyn, MP, Liberal 1900 Event Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener reach Capetown 1899 Event Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa 1899 Event Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa 1899 Event Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa 1899 Death Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle 1899 Event Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's 1899 Event Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* vs. England, Lord's 1898 Event Lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan 1898 Event Lord Kitchener's ships sails from Kartoum to Fashoda 1898 Event Lord Kitchener destroys Mahdi's tomb in Omdurman 1898 Event Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain 1898 Event Lord Kitcheners army bombs Omdurman Sudan 1898 Birthday Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer 1893 Event Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia vs. England, Lord's 1892 Death Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet 1892 Event Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) 1892 Birthday J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist, Lord of Rings 1890 Event Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67) 1890 Event Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda and Equatoria 1889 Birthday Lord Tennyson III, cricketer, England batsman and captain 1888 Event Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company 1888 Event Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day 1887 Birthday Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury 1884 Event 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's 1883 Birthday Lord Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt, England, composer, 1st Childhood 1883 Birthday Lord Birkett, England, judge, Nuremburg Trials 1879 Event Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz 1879 Birthday W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker 1879 Event 5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:37 1879 Event British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana 1878 Birthday Lord Dunsany, Edward JMD Plunkett, Irish sci-fi writer, Time and Gods 1874 Event Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds 1871 Birthday Ernest Lord Rutherford, England, physicist, atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908 1870 Birthday Lord Alfred Douglas, British 1868 Birthday Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India, 1916-21 1867 Birthday James Marcus, actor, Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger 1866 Birthday Lord George ESMH Carnarvon, England, egyptologist, Tutanchamon 1865 Death Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 1865 Birthday Lord Northcliffe, British Publisher 1864 Birthday Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations, Nobel 1937 1860 Birthday Lord Hawke, cricketer, England batsman 1890's, many official posts 1859 Birthday Ivo Bligh, cricketer, Lord Darnley England captain vs. Australia 1882-83 1859 Birthday Lord Curzon, British Statesman 1858 Birthday Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, 1st lady, 1889-1893 1857 Birthday Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist, Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness 1854 Event Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published 1851 Birthday Lord Harris, cricketer, 4 Tests for England MCC big-wig 1850 Event Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate 1850 Event John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North vs. South at Lord's 1849 Birthday Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father 1846 Birthday Lord Charles Beresford, British Politician 1844 Death Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, British premier (1801-04), dies at 86 1842 Event Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope 1841 Birthday Lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup 1835 Event William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Government 1834 Birthday Lord Avebury, John Lubbock, British banker/politician 1825 Event Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates 1st detachable shirt collar 1824 Death George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36 1824 Death Lord Byron, British Poet 1822 Death Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77 1818 Event Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto) 1816 Event Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates 1816 Event Lord Byron completes "Parisina" and "Siege of Corinth" 1814 Event 1st match at the present Lord's, MCC vs. Herefordshire 1814 Event Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication 1814 Event Lord Byron completes "The Corsair" 1812 Event Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords 1810 Event Lord Byron swims Hellespont 1809 Birthday Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England 1805 Death Lord Nelson, British Soldier 1802 Birthday William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Lord George Bentinck 1799 Event English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname 1797 Death Lord Amherst, British Soldier 1793 Death Lord George Gordon, British Politician 1792 Birthday Colin Campbell/Lord Clyde, British officer, Sepoy-uprising 1792 Death Lord North, British Statesman 1788 Event Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France 1788 Birthday Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet, Don Juan 1788 Birthday Lord Byron, British Poet 1784 Birthday Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English minister of Foreign affairs 1784 Birthday Leigh Hunt, British writer, Lord Byron 1775 Event Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army 1758 Birthday Lord Nelson, British Soldier 1751 Birthday Lord George Gordon, British Politician 1747 Death Lord Lovat, English jacobiet, dies 1738 Birthday Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" 1732 Birthday Lord North, British Statesman 1721 Event Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury 1719 Death Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59 1717 Birthday Lord Amherst, British Soldier 1712 Death Richard Cromwell, English Lord Protector (1658-59), dies at 85 1705 Event English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona 1694 Birthday Lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar, 1752 1690 Event Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal 1689 Event Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords 1688 Event Lord Delamere sides with King James II 1688 Event Lord Delamere sides with King James II 1683 Death Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded 1682 Event English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland 1673 Event Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral 1673 Event Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers 1659 Event Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector 1659 Event Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament 1658 Event Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector 1658 Death Oliver Cromwell, British general (1653-58)/Lord Protector, dies at 59 1658 Death Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70 1657 Event English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown 1657 Event English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 1655 Event English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans 1655 Event Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts 1653 Event Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector 1647 Event Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council 1634 Event Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland 1633 Event Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore 1632 Event Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area 1626 Birthday Richard Cromwell, lord protector of England, 1658-59 1618 Event Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor 1612 Birthday Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general 1603 Event Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 1599 Birthday Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England, 1653-58 1567 Death Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered 1565 Event Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 1554 Death Lord Guildford Dudley, Jane Grey's husband, beheaded 1553 Event Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor 1553 Death John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded 1549 Event Duke of Somerset fired as Lord Protector and imprisoned 1549 Death Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded 1536 Death Lord Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded 1536 Event Anna Boleyn and Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest 1532 Event Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor 1530 Death Lord Chancellor, (1514-29), dies at about 56 1529 Event Thomas More appointed English Lord Chancellor 1529 Event Cardinal Thomas Wolsey lays-off English Lord Chancellor 1515 Event Thomas Wolsey appointed English Lord Chancellor 1495 Death William Stanley, English lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy 1487 Event Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole and Lord Lovell 1487 Event Lord Lovell and John de la Poles army land at Furness Lancashire 1478 Birthday Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint, Utopia 1417 Death John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged and burned 1340 Birthday Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders
