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On This Day: July 5, 2008
Birthdays:
| 1810 | Phineas T. Barnum, Circus entrepreneur | | 1853 | Cecil Rhodes, Founder of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) | | 1879 | Dwight Davis, American statesman | | 1911 | Georges Pompidou, French statesman | | 1934 | Philip Madoc, Actor | | 1953 | Elizabeth Emmanuel, English dress designer | | 1953 | Maggie Moon, Singer |
Events:
| 1791 | The first ever British ambassador to the United States was appointed | | 1817 | Gold sovereigns were first issued | | 1865 | The speed of road vehicles was limited to 2mph in towns & 4mph in the country | | 1945 | Winston Churchill lost the General Election | | 1946 | The bikini swimsuit was first demonstrated at a Paris fashion show | | 1948 | The National Health Service was established in Britain | | 1969 | The Rolling Stones staged a free concert in Hyde Park | | 1977 | Pakistans leader, Mr Bhutto, was deposed by the military |
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