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2004 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 Walter Lord, American Author 2001 Lord Hailsham, British Politician 2001 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 Lord Killanin, Irish Journalist 1998 Lord Lew Grade, producer, The Muppet Show, dies at 91 1998 Jack Lord, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 77 1996 Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord, dies at 85 1996 India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's 1996 Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut 1995 Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies 1995 Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer, dies at 69 1995 Lord Lovat, Scottish landowner, dies at 83 1995 Lord Taylor of Hadfield, British President of Taylor Woodrow Group, dies at 90 1993 Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* vs. England at Lord's 1993 William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81 1993 Marian Anderson, U.S. contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96 1993 Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies 1990 Lord Caradon, British Diplomat 1990 Graham Gooch scores 333 vs. India at Lord's 1990 Terence O'Neil, lord/Prime Minister of Ulster 1963 - 1969, dies 1988 Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies 1987 [Gordon] Randall [P D] Garrett, author (Lord Darcy), dies at 60 1984 Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 241 balls to win Lord's Test 1982 Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war 1981 Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, vs. England at Lord's 1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine" 1980 John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's 1979 Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered at 14 1976 George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing "My Sweet Lord" 1976 Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies 1976 Balthazar Getty, actor, Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies 1975 Liv Tyler, born in New York City, daughter of Steven Tyler, actress, The Lord of the Rings trilogy 1974 British Lord Lucan disappears 1974 India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 minutes 1972 Akim Tamiroff, actor (Hotel Paradisio, Lord Jim), dies at 72 1972 Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics 1971 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on United Kingdom pop chart 1971 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" 1970 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single 1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut vs. WI at Lord's 1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 7 performances 1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 7 performances 1968 Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place), dies at 89 1968 Lord Jammer, rocker, Brand Nubian 1968 Australia all out for 78 vs. England at Lord's 1965 Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, vs. New Zealand at Lord's 1964 W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, English Minister of Information, dies at 85 1964 Sarah FE Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon 1963 Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies 1962 SN Behrman's "Lord Pengo," premieres in New York City 1961 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord 1960 Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa vs. England Lord's 1960 English prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon) 1959 Lord Irwin, ambassador to U.S. (1940-46), dies at 78 1959 Lord Rayleigh, agri-businessman, Lord Rayleigh Farms 1959 Sean Bean, born in Handsworth, England, actor, television, appeared in series 'Sharpe', films include 'The Lord of the Rings', 'GoldenEye' 1958 Michael Flatley, born in Chicago, Illinois, Irish choreographer, Lord of Dance 1958 New Zealand all out 47 vs. England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17 1957 Lord Dunsany, Edward J M D Plunkett, author (Jorkens), dies at 79 1957 Leslie Hore-Belisha, Lord Halifax, British Minister of Transport, dies at 63 1952 Nancy Lord, Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate 1992 1949 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 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 Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's 1948 Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor-General of India 1948 Lord Egremont, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1948 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 British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan 1947 Stephen R. Donaldson, U.S., sci-fi author, Lord Foul's Bane 1947 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India 1946 Lord Walton of Detchant, physician, Warden of Green College Oxford 1946 Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, British QC 1946 William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason 1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London 1945 Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's 1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) British radio traitor charged with treason 1945 Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State, Scotland 1945 Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary 1945 Australia Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets 1945 Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's 1945 Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks 1945 Lord Skelmersdale, British minister, C 1945 Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen 1944 Lord Moyne, British prefect (Middle-East), murdered 1944 David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle 1943 Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia 1943 George Harrison, rocker, Beatle/Travelling Willberries-My Sweet Lord 1943 Lord Mountevans, born in England, born Edward Patrick Broke Evans, 3rd Baron Mountevans of Chelsea in the County of London 1942 Daliah Lavi, Shavel Zion Israel, actress, Casino Royalle, Lord Jim 1942 Lord McAlpine, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1941 Jon Lord, born in England, keyboardist, Deep Purple-Hush, White Snake 1941 Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies 1941 Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire, Union International 1940 Screaming Lord Sutch, rocker 1940 Lord Davies, chairman, Welsh National Opera 1940 Alexander Irvine, Lord Chanceller of U.K., 1997- 1940 Lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production 1940 Lord Camoys, deputy CEO, Barclays de Zoete Wedd 1939 Lord Haw-Haw becomes radio host of Reichsrundfunk Berlin 1939 Headley scores a cricket century in each innings vs. England at Lord's 1938 Ralph Bakshi, animator, Lord of Rings, Fritz the Cat, Mighty Mouse 1938 Alexander Graham, Lord Mayor of London 1938 Harry McGowan, born in England, born Harry Duncan Cory McGowan, Lord McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan 1938 Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's 1938 Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's 1938 British Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister 1938 Lord Justice Ward, British judge 1937 Britains Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement 1937 Test cricket debut of Len Hutton vs. New Zealand at Lord's, scores 0 and 1 1937 Lord "Benjie" Iveagh, British brewer, Guinness, large landowner 1937 Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth 1937 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 Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party 1935 Lord Peter Palumbo, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1935 Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank 1935 Lord Ichayra, Secretary-General, British Banking Association 1934 Lord Patrick Beresforord, blood-stock agent 1934 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 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 Bobby Lord, Sanford, Florida, country singer, Ozark Jubilee 1933 Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda 1933 Christopher Staughton, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1933 John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall 1933 1st flight over Mount Everest by Lord Clydesdale 1933 Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64 1932 Peter O'Toole, born in Ireland, actor, Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia 1932 Commencement of India's 1st Test cricket, vs. England at Lord's 1932 Lord Renton, MP, Conservative 1932 Nourse, British lord justice 1932 Lord Young of Graffham, CEO, Cables and Wireless 1932 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 Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable 1931 Lord Clinton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1931 Lord Cameron of Lochbroom, lord advocate 1931 Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal 1931 John Chalstrey, alderman/Lord Mayor, London 1931 Gandhi and British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact 1931 William Warner Westenra, born in Ireland, born William Warner Westenra, Lord Rossmore, 7th Baron Rossmore, Peerage of Ireland 1930 Lord Chorley, mountaineering enthusiast 1930 Bradman scores 254 at Lord's vs. England, 320 minutes, 25 fours 1930 Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland 1930 Lord Snowdon, Anthony Armstrong-Jones, London, photographer 1929 Bob Hawke, cricketer, no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954 1929 Lord Craig of Radley, marshal, RAF 1929 Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda 1929 Lord St. John of Fawsley 1929 John Taylor, bishop, St. Albans, Lord High Almoner to Queen 1929 David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland 1928 Jack Lord, New York City, actor, Steve McGarrett-Hawaii 5-0, God's Little Acre 1928 Eric Lubbock, born in England, born Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, 4th Baron Avebury, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Orpington 1928 Roddy McDowall, London England, actor, Planet of Apes, Lord Love a Duck 1927 Lord Wolfson, English multi-millionaire 1927 Lord Whaddon, CEO, Daltrade and Skorimpex-Rind 1927 Brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1927 John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland 1927 Lord Bathurst, English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire 1927 Lord Wedderburn of Charlton, QC 1927 Lord Armstrong of Ilminster 1927 Lord Fanshawe of Richmond, MP 1927 Lord Belhaven and Stenton 1926 Jack Hobbs scores 316* at Lord's (Surrey vs. Middlesex) 1926 Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC 1926 Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's 1926 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton 1926 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 Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Airilet 1926 Lord Fitt, MP, Belfast Ireland 1926 Rayner Goddard, born in England, Lord Goddard, Baron Goddard, judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, known for his strict conservative rulings 1926 Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer 1925 Brian Dilton, British lord justice of appeal 1925 John Balcombe, Lord Chief Justice of Appeal 1925 Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary 1925 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 Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords, chief opposition whip 1925 Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder 1925 Lord Curzon, British Statesman 1925 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 Lord Digby, lord-lt for Dorset 1924 England score 2-503 in day's play vs. South Africa at Lord's 1924 Test cricket ump debut for Frank Chester, vs. South Africa at Lord's 1924 Glidewell, Lord Justice 1924 Lord Rippon, British MP 1924 Lord Tombs, CEO, Rolls Royce 1924 Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP, Lab, British defense secretary 1924 M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland 1923 Harry JN Vane 11th Lord Barnard, English large landowner 1923 Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal 1923 Earl of Morley, Lord Lt, Devon 1923 Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff 1923 Lord Laing, English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire 1923 Lord Gordon "Gordy" White, English industrialist/multi-millionaire 1923 Roger Parker, Lord Justice of Appeal 1922 Lord Northcliffe, British Publisher 1922 Lord Colinbrook, British government minister 1922 Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC 1922 Marjorie Lord, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Kathy-Danny Thomas Show 1922 Lord Pym of Sandy, British minister of foreign affairs 1922 Lord James Hanson, English industrialist/House of Lords, Conservative 1921 Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor, Open University England 1921 Lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London 1921 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1921 Lord Moore of Wolvercote 1920 Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord of appeal, Ordinary 1920 Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals, Northern Ireland 1920 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 Lord Charles Beresford, British Politician 1919 Lord Dormand, of Eastington, British MP, Labour 1919 Lord Rawlinson, British attorney general, Ewell 1919 Lord Aberdare, committee chairman, House of Lords 1919 Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies 1919 Lord Maxwell, senator and professor, college of Justice Scotland 1919 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 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 Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP, Labour 1918 Lord Buxton of Alsa, CEO, ITV 1918 Lord Mulley, British MP, Labour 1918 Lord Maxd Rayne, English broker/multi-millionaire 1917 Walter Lord, American Author 1917 Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC 1917 Robert Lowell, poet and pacifist, Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean 1916 Lord Ryder of Eaton hastings, CEO, International Publishing House 1916 Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker 1916 Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live 1916 Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn," premieres in New York City 1916 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 Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant, Nottinghamshire 1915 Lord Mishcon, economist 1915 Lord Huntingfield, British agent to United Nations Secreteriat 1915 Lord Airedale, British Lord, social democrat 1914 James Scarlett, born in England, born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, Lord Abinger, politician, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1914 Lord O'Brien, British nobleman, dies at 73 1914 Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris 1914 Lord Kitchner says "Your country needs you," poster spreads over UK 1914 Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War 1914 Lord Killanin, Irish Journalist 1914 Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister 1914 Lord Smith, British surgeon 1914 Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman, Comm House of Lords 1914 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 Lord Dacre of Glanton, British historian 1913 Lord Oram, British MP, Labour 1913 Lord Benson, accountant 1913 Lord Avebury, John Lubbock, British banker/politician, dies 1913 Lord Hirshfield, chartered accountant 1913 Lord Aberconway, CEO, John Brown and Co 1912 Lord Kissin, president, GPG 1912 Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals 1912 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 James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh 1912 Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway 1912 Maitland Mackie, Lord Lt, Aberdeenshire 1911 William Golding, England, novelist, Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983 1911 Lord Shackelton, explorer/government minister 1911 Lord Lovat, Shimi, Scottish cattle breeder/leader of clan Fraser 1911 Lord Brightman, British judge of appeals 1911 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 Lord Deramore, architect 1911 Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord 1910 Lord Richardson, president, General Medical Council 1910 Lord Grey of Naunton, chancellor, Ulster University 1910 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 Lord Cayzer, British financier/swcheeps magnate/multi-millionaire 1909 John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1909 Lord Benson, accountant 1909 Lord Collison, British union leader, agriculture workers 1909 Lord Milne 1908 Lord Renton, QC/British government minister 1908 Lord Jenkins of Putney, British MP of Arts, Labour 1908 Lord Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British premier 1908 Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Lord O'Brien of Lothbury, missionary 1908 Lord Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar 1907 Lord Hailsham, British Politician 1907 Lord Caradon, British Diplomat 1907 Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal 1906 Lord Margadale, English Conserv parliament leader/large landowner 1906 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55 1906 Edmund Davies, British lord of appeal 1905 Dolores Costello, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Little Lord Fauntleroy 1905 Lord Carew, born in Ireland, judge, dressage 1905 Ralph Perring, Lord Mayor, London 1905 Lord Franks, British ambassador, to U.S. 1904 Hanning Phillips, Lord Lieutenant, Dyfed 1903 Lord Roborough, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1902 Lord Sainsbury of Drury Lane, president, J Sansbury Pics 1902 British premier Lord Salisbury resigns 1901 Emily Hobhouse view lord Kitcheners concentration camp at Bloemfontein 1900 Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa 1900 Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral 1900 Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria 1900 British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg 1900 Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in South Africa 1900 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city 1900 Lord Gladwyn, MP, Liberal 1900 Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener reach Capetown 1899 Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa 1899 Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa 1899 Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa 1899 Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle 1899 Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's 1899 Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* vs. England, Lord's 1898 Lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan 1898 Lord Kitchener's ships sails from Kartoum to Fashoda 1898 Lord Kitchener destroys Mahdi's tomb in Omdurman 1898 Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain 1898 Lord Kitcheners army bombs Omdurman Sudan 1898 Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer 1893 Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia vs. England, Lord's 1892 Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet 1892 Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) 1892 J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist, Lord of Rings 1890 Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67) 1890 Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda and Equatoria 1889 Lord Tennyson III, cricketer, England batsman and captain 1888 Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company 1888 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day 1887 Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury 1884 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's 1883 Lord Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt, England, composer, 1st Childhood 1883 Lord Birkett, England, judge, Nuremburg Trials 1879 Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz 1879 W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker 1879 5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:37 1879 British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana 1878 Lord Dunsany, Edward JMD Plunkett, Irish sci-fi writer, Time and Gods 1874 Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds 1871 Ernest Lord Rutherford, England, physicist, atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908 1870 Lord Alfred Douglas, British 1868 Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India, 1916-21 1867 James Marcus, actor, Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger 1866 Lord George ESMH Carnarvon, England, egyptologist, Tutanchamon 1865 Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 1865 Lord Northcliffe, British Publisher 1864 Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations, Nobel 1937 1860 Lord Hawke, cricketer, England batsman 1890's, many official posts 1859 Ivo Bligh, cricketer, Lord Darnley England captain vs. Australia 1882-83 1859 Lord Curzon, British Statesman 1858 Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, 1st lady, 1889-1893 1857 Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist, Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness 1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published 1851 Lord Harris, cricketer, 4 Tests for England MCC big-wig 1850 Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate 1850 John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North vs. South at Lord's 1849 Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father 1846 Lord Charles Beresford, British Politician 1844 Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, British premier (1801-04), dies at 86 1842 Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope 1841 Lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup 1835 William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Government 1834 Lord Avebury, John Lubbock, British banker/politician 1825 Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates 1st detachable shirt collar 1824 George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36 1824 Lord Byron, British Poet 1822 Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77 1818 Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto) 1816 Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates 1816 Lord Byron completes "Parisina" and "Siege of Corinth" 1814 1st match at the present Lord's, MCC vs. Herefordshire 1814 Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication 1814 Lord Byron completes "The Corsair" 1812 Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords 1810 Lord Byron swims Hellespont 1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England 1805 Lord Nelson, British Soldier 1802 William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Lord George Bentinck 1799 English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname 1797 Lord Amherst, British Soldier 1793 Lord George Gordon, British Politician 1792 Colin Campbell/Lord Clyde, British officer, Sepoy-uprising 1792 Lord North, British Statesman 1788 Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France 1788 Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet, Don Juan 1788 Lord Byron, British Poet 1784 Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English minister of Foreign affairs 1784 Leigh Hunt, British writer, Lord Byron 1775 Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army 1758 Lord Nelson, British Soldier 1751 Lord George Gordon, British Politician 1747 Lord Lovat, English jacobiet, dies 1738 Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" 1732 Lord North, British Statesman 1721 Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury 1719 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59 1717 Lord Amherst, British Soldier 1712 Richard Cromwell, English Lord Protector (1658-59), dies at 85 1705 English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona 1694 Lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar, 1752 1690 Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal 1689 Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords 1688 Lord Delamere sides with King James II 1688 Lord Delamere sides with King James II 1683 Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded 1682 English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland 1673 Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral 1673 Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers 1659 Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector 1659 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament 1658 Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector 1658 Oliver Cromwell, British general (1653-58)/Lord Protector, dies at 59 1658 Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70 1657 English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown 1657 English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 1655 English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans 1655 Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts 1653 Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector 1647 Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council 1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland 1633 Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore 1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area 1626 Richard Cromwell, lord protector of England, 1658-59 1618 Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor 1612 Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general 1603 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 1599 Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England, 1653-58 1567 Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered 1565 Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 1554 Lord Guildford Dudley, Jane Grey's husband, beheaded 1553 Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor 1553 John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded 1549 Duke of Somerset fired as Lord Protector and imprisoned 1549 Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded 1536 Lord Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded 1536 Anna Boleyn and Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest 1532 Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor 1530 Lord Chancellor, (1514-29), dies at about 56 1529 Thomas More appointed English Lord Chancellor 1529 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey lays-off English Lord Chancellor 1515 Thomas Wolsey appointed English Lord Chancellor 1495 William Stanley, English lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy 1487 Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole and Lord Lovell 1487 Lord Lovell and John de la Poles army land at Furness Lancashire 1478 Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint, Utopia 1417 John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged and burned 1340 Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders |
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