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Hi, I'm Keith and this is my own little corner of the web.
My wife Jan (whom you may have already read about) is a professional web designer, but here in my own little snuggery is where she leaves me to my own devices.

If, like me, you have an interest in Cars, Film/TV, Food, Music, or Travel, then there must be something in here you'll find worth reading.

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2010Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board including President Lech Kaczyński. died.
2010Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland died.
2010Maria Kaczyńska, First Lady of Poland died.
2010Dixie Carter, an American actress died.
2009Deborah Digges, American poet died.
2007Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Dutch princess was born.
2007Dakota Staton, American singer died.
2005Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist died.
2005Iakovos, Archbishop of America died.
2005Al Lucas, American Football player died.
2005Scott Gottlieb, American drummer (Bleed the Dream) died.
2003Little Eva, American singer died.
2000Peter Jones, English actor died.
2000Larry Linville, American actor died.
2000Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress died.
1999Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist died.
1999Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress died.
1997Michael Dorris, American author died.
1995Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India died.
1994Sam B. Hall, American politician died.
1993Chris Hani, South African activist died.
1992The Maraghar Massacre, killing of ethnic Armenian civil population of the village Maraghar by Azerbaijani troops during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. died.
1992Sam Kinison, American comedian died.
1991Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140. died.
1991A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites. died.
1991Amanda Michalka, American actress and singer was born.
1991Kevin Peter Hall, American actor died.
1991Natalie Schafer, American actress died.
1990Ben Amos, English footballer was born.
1990Lulinha, Brazilian footballer was born.
1990Alex Pettyfer, English actor was born.
1988Haley Joel Osment, American actor was born.
1987Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano was born.
1986Olivia Borlée, Belgian athlete was born.
1986Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer was born.
1986Ayesha Takia, Indian actress was born.
1986Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer was born.
1986Linda Creed, American songwriter died.
1985Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player was born.
1984Mandy Moore, American singer and actor was born.
1984Cara DeLizia, American actress was born.
1983Ryan Merriman, American actor was born.
1983Jamie Chung, American actress was born.
1983Issam Sartawi, senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (assassinated) died.
1982Andre Ethier, American baseball player was born.
1982Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer was born.
1982Chyler Leigh, American actress was born.
1981Gretchen Bleiler, American snowboarder was born.
1981Laura Bell Bundy, American actor was born.
1981Liz McClarnon, British singer (Atomic Kitten) was born.
1981Michael Pitt, American actor was born.
1981Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player was born.
1980Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player was born.
1980Charlie Hunnam, British actor was born.
1980Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver was born.
1980Bryce Soderberg, American musician was born.
1980Kay Medford, American actress died.
1979Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. died.
1979Shemekia Copeland, American singer was born.
1979Rachel Corrie, American activist was born.
1979Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist was born.
1979Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer was born.
1979Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer was born.
1979Nino Rota, Italian composer died.
1978Sir Christus, Finnish guitarist was born.
1976Sara Renner, Canadian cross-country skier was born.
1975Chris Carrabba, American singer was born.
1975Marjorie Main, American actress died.
1974Eric Greitens, American military officer was born.
1974Petros Passalis, Greek footballer was born.
1973A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104. died.
1973Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director was born.
1973Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer was born.
1973Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician was born.
1973Christopher Simmons, American designer was born.
197220 days after he is kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas. died.
1972Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam. died.
1972Ed Byrne, Irish stand-up comedian and voice over artist was born.
1971Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit. died.
1971Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player was born.
1971Brad William Henke, American actor was born.
1970Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player was born.
1970Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer was born.
1970Kenny Lattimore, American singer was born.
1970Q-Tip, American musician was born.
1969Billy Jayne, American actor was born.
1969Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter was born.
1969Mike Mushok, American musician was born.
1969Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer died.
1968Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour. died.
1968Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian was born.
1968Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician died.
1967Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player was born.
1967David Rovics, American folk singer was born.
1966Evelyn Waugh, English writer died.
1965Tim Alexander, American musician was born.
1965Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner died.
1965Linda Darnell, American actress died.
1963129 people die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea. died.
1963Warren DeMartini, American musician was born.
1963Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council was born.
1962Steve Tasker, American Football player was born.
1962Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director died.
1962Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) died.
1961Nicky Campbell, Scottish TV & radio presenter was born.
1961Joe Cole, American roadie was born.
1960Steve Bisciotti, American owner of the Baltimore Ravens was born.
1960Katrina Leskanich, American musician was born.
1960Terry Teagle, American basketball player was born.
1959Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko. died.
1959Davy Carton, Irish musician (Saw Doctors) was born.
1959Yvan Loubier, Quebec politician was born.
1959Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats) was born.
1958Bob Bell, British engineer was born.
1958Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist was born.
1958Kenneth Edmonds, American music producer known by his nickname "Babyface" was born.
1958Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter died.
1957The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months. died.
1957John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet was born.
1957Steven Gustafson, American musician 10,000 Maniacs was born.
1955Lesley Garrett, British soprano was born.
1955Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian died.
1954Peter MacNicol, American actor was born.
1954Auguste Lumière, French film pioneer died.
1954Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater died.
1953Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax. died.
1952Narayan Rane, Indian politician was born.
1951David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist was born.
1951Steven Seagal, American actor was born.
1950Ken Griffey Sr., American baseball player was born.
1950Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) was born.
1950Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and television performer was born.
1949Daniel Mangeas, French sports commentator was born.
1947Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician was born.
1946David Angell, American television producer was born.
1945Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer died.
1945H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer died.
1944Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp. died.
1943Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete was born.
1942Ian Callaghan, English footballer was born.
1942Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician was born.
1941World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power. died.
1941Paul Theroux, American author was born.
1940World War II: Katyń - more than 20 000 Polish soldiers, policemen was executed by Soviet Union. died.
1940Gloria Hunniford, Northern Irish TV and radio presenter was born.
1939Claudio Magris, Italian author was born.
1938Don Meredith, American Football player and broadcaster was born.
1938Joe "King" Oliver, American musician died.
1937Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet was born.
1936John Madden, American Football coach and broadcaster was born.
1935John A. Bennett, American convicted rapist was born.
1934David Halberstam, American journalist and author was born.
1933New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created. died.
1933Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author was born.
1932Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor was born.
1931Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter died.
1930Claude Bolling, French jazz composer and pianist was born.
1930Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actor and comedian was born.
1930Dolores Huerta, American labour activist was born.
1930Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian was born.
1929Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver was born.
1929Max von Sydow, Swedish actor was born.
1927Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist and Nobel Prize laureate was born.
1926Junior Samples, American southern comedian was born.
1925The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons. died.
1925Linda Goodman, New York Times bestselling American astrologer and poet was born.
1924Kenneth Noland, American painter was born.
1923Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist was born.
1921Chuck Connors, American actor was born.
1921Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer was born.
1920Moritz Cantor, German mathematician died.
1919Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos. died.
1919Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary died.
1918Lee Bergere, American actor was born.
1917Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate was born.
1916The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City. died.
1915Harry Morgan, American actor was born.
1913Stefan Heym, German author was born.
1912The Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage. died.
1912Boris Kidrič, Slovenian resistance leader and Communist politician was born.
1911Martin Denny, American musician was born.
1910Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor was born.
1910Jean Moréas, Greek poet died.
1909Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and critic died.
1904British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the third and final chapter of The Book of The Law. died.
1904Queen Isabella II of Spain died.
1903Claire Boothe Luce, American activist, was born.
1897Ross Youngs, American baseball player was born.
1894Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist was born.
1891Frank Barson, English footballer was born.
1887On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America. died.
1887Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate was born.
1882Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter died.
1880Frances Perkins, American politician was born.
1880Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king was born.
1880Montague Summers, English writer was born.
1874The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska. died.
1869José Martí founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party. died.
1868At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops. died.
1868George Arliss, English actor was born.
1867George William Russell, Irish nationalist was born.
1866The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh. died.
1865American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time. died.
1865Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist was born.
1864Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is elected emperor of Mexico. died.
1864Eugen d'Albert, German composer was born.
1858The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Palace of Westminster is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner's of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recasted into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to died.
1856The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University. died.
1847Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher was born.
1837Forceythe Willson, American poet was born.
1829William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army was born.
1827Lew Wallace, Union general in the American Civil War and novelist was born.
1826The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive. died.
1823Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher died.
1821Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus. died.
1816The United States Government approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States. died.
1815The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years. died.
1813Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician died.
1806Horatio Gates, American Revolutionary War hero died.
1796James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier was born.
1794Matthew C. Perry, American commodore was born.
1786John Byron, British naval officer died.
1778William Hazlitt, English writer was born.
1762Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist was born.
1760Jean Lebeuf, French historian died.
1756Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer died.
1755Samuel Hahnemann, German physician was born.
1741War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz. died.
1735Button Gwinnett, Signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence was born.
1713John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist was born.
1710The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain. died.
1706Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier died.
1704Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar was born.
1704William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg died.
1656René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France was born.
1651Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician was born.
1646Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor died.
1640Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer died.
1619Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin died.
1606The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. died.
1601Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet died.
1599Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France died.
1585Pope Gregory XIII died.
1583Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer was born.
1545Costanzo Festa, Italian composer died.
1533King Frederick I of Denmark died.
1500Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French. died.
1407the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma. died.
948King Hugh of Italy died.
879Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. died.
879Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks died.