Anniversaries: 13th & 14th January
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TODAY: Births: Charles Perrault, collector of fairy tales, 1628; Lord Willis (Edward Henry ''Ted'' Willis), playwright, 1918. Deaths: Edmund Spenser, poet, 1599; William Frend De Morgan, artist and author, 1917; Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, electrical engineer, 1930; James Joyce, novelist, 1941; Hubert Horatio Humphrey, US vice-president, 1978. On this day: the Independent Labour Party was formed under Keir Hardie, 1893; the world's largest airport was opened in Dallas, Texas, 1974. Today is the Feast Day of St Agrecius, St Berno and St Hilary of Poitiers.
TOMORROW: Births: Dr Albert Schweitzer, missionary, 1875; Hugh Lofting, author, 1886; Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, photographer and stage designer, 1904; Joseph Losey, film director, 1909. Deaths: Edmond Halley, astronomer, 1742; George Dance the younger, architect, 1825; Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, painter, 1867; Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), author, 1898; Humphrey DeForest Bogart, film actor, 1957; Anais Nin, writer and poet, 1977; Peter Finch (William Mitchell), actor, 1977. On this day: the Great Frost Fair began on the Thames, 1205; another great Frost Fair was held on the Thames, 1814; Queen Victoria heard a concert relayed to her by telephone, 1878. Today is the Feast Day of St Antony Pucci, St Barbasymas or Barbascemin, St Datius, St Felix of Nola, St Kentigern or Mungo, St Macrina the Elder, The Martyrs of Mount Sinai and St Sava.
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