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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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