This Day in Commonwealth History: 13 June 1373: Anglo-Portuguese Alliance signed; oldest multinational alliance in the world still in effect 1863: Designer and Titanic survivor Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon born in London (d. 1935) 1892: Actor Basil Rathbone born in Johannesburg (d. 1967) 1893: Novelist Dorothy L Sayers born in Oxford (d. 1957) 1898: Yukon Territory is formed in the aftermath of the Klondike Gold Rush; Dawson City is selected as capital, and would remain so until 1952 1927: Slim Dusty, first Australian singer/songwriter to have a No. 1 hit, born in Kempsey, NSW (d. 2003) 1944: Germany launches the first V-1 flying bomb raid on London; only four of eleven V-1s launched hit their targets 1970: Chris Cairns, NZ cricket all-rounder, born in Picton (South Island) 1972: Canadian singer and violinist Natalie MacMaster born on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia 1998: Andy Capp creator Reg Smythe dies (b. 1917)
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:17:43 +0000
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