We have catalogued significant historical events, with special emphasis on weddings and anniversaries. Today’s events special events are:
- Anniversary
- 1947 Queen Elizabeth IIÂ marries Prince Philip of Greece And Denmark at Westminster Abbey
- Birthdays
- 1908 Alistair Cooke was born.
- 1925 Robert F. Kennedy was born.
- 1926 Kaye Ballard was born.
- 1927 Estelle Parsons was born.
- 1932 Richard Dawson was born.
- 1939 Dick Smothers was born.
- 1943 Veronica Hamel was born.
- 1956 Bo Derek was born.
- Name Days
- 1000 Eamon, from Old English, 'rich guardian'
- 1000 Ed, from Old English, 'rich guardian'
- 1000 Eddie, from Old English, 'rich guardian'
- 1000 Edmond, from Old English, 'rich guardian'
- 1000 Edmund, from Old English, 'rich guardian'
- 1000 Ned, from Old English, 'rich guardian'
- 1000 Ted, from Old English, 'rich guardian'
- 1000 Teddy, from Old English, 'rich guardian'
- 2000 Feast Day of Edmund, from Old English, 'rich guardian'. St Edmund is largely forgotten now, except in the town of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, where he is buried. But Edmund, King of the Angles and martyr, was once one of the greatest English saints and his shrine one of the richest in medieval Europe. The story of his martyrdom varies, but the best telling of it is by Julian Tennyson (Suffolk Scene, Alistair Press, 1987), one of Edmund's countrymen in our own century. The bare bones of it is that Edmund, the boy King, tried to defend his country from marauding Danes and was captured. Refusing to compromise his faith or the well-being of his people, Edmund was shot through with arrows in 870. The Danes then cut off his head and threw it away, but a wolf guarded it until it was discovered and reunited with his body.
Tomorrow’s notable events
Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 21-11-1694 | Jean Francois Voltaire was born. |
| 21-11-1785 | William Beaumont was born. |
| 21-11-1898 | Rene Magritte was born. |
| 21-11-1920 | Stan Musial was born. |
| 21-11-1927 | Joseph Campanella was born. |
| 21-11-1938 | Marlo Thomas was born. |
| 21-11-1941 | Juliet Mills was born. |
| 21-11-1944 | Harold Ramis was born. |
| 21-11-1945 | Goldie Hawn was born. |
| 21-11-1965 | Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born. |
| 21-11-1966 | Troy Aikman was born. |
| 21-11-1969 | Ken Griffey, Jr. was born. |
| 21-11-1986 | Judy Finnigan marries Richard Madeley in Manchester |
