May 3On this day in 1965, the comedian Rob Brydon is born Robert Brydon Jones in Baglan, Glamorgan, Wales.
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May 4On this day in 1985, the cricketer Ravi Bopara is born Ravinder Singh Bopara in Forest Gate, London.
On this day in 1987, the footballer Cesc Fabregas is born Francesc Fàbregas i Soler in Barcelona, Spain.
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May 5On this day in 1909, the poet Miklós Radnóti is born Miklós Glatter in Budapest, Hungary (at the time Austria-Hungary).
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May 11On this day in 1918, the theoretical physicist Richard Feynman is born Richard Phillips Feynman in Queens, New York City.
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May 17On this day in 1749 (New Style) the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine Edward Jenner is born Edward Jenner is born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.
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May 18On this day in 1872, the philosopher, logician and mathematician Bertrand Russell – regarded as one of the founders of analytic philosophy – is born Bertrand Arthur William Russell in Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales.
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May 22On this day in 1859, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is born Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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May 22On this day in 1813, the composer Richard Wagner is born Wilhelm Richard Wagner in Leipzig, Germany.
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May 23On this day in 1971, the former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is born Gideon Oliver Osborne in Paddington, London.
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June 4On this day in 1989, a massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators takes place at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.
Tiānānmén literally means “Gate of Heavenly Peace”. 天 (tiān) means “sky”, 安 (ān) means “peace”, and 门 (mén) means “door”.
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June 5On this day in 1760, the chemist Johan Gadolin, after whom the chemical element with atomic number 64 is named, is born in Turku, Finland.
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June 10On this day in 1954, the comedian Rich Hall is born Richard Travis Hall in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
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June 18On this day in 1815, the Battle of Waterloo is fought.