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In 1431, On Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond and father of Henry VII, was born.

In 1456. Anne Neville, wife of Henry VI's son and then Richard III of England.

In 1943, Henry Hill, the real American mobster from Goodfellas.

1330 – Edward, son of Edward III and Black Prince of England was born.

In 1239, King Edward I of England was born.

In 1682, King Charles XII of Sweden.

In 1566, King James VI of Scotland/James I of England was born.

In 1909, Lou Gehrig was born.

In 1978, Garfield the Cat!

In 1763, Josephine de Beauharnais, First wife of Napoleon I, was born.

In 1894, Edward VIII of the United Kingdom.

You've missed off probably the most important person for today....ALAN TURING!! !! !! !! !! !!

Oh, hey, you're right.

In 1912, Alan Turing was born.

You like History, HCHCHC?

Can't get enough of it! So many facts and figures to remember! I'm a huge lover of birthdays, and have memorised multiple birthdays for each day of the year. I know the birthday of everyone I've met or researched. It's so good you're the same, I've never met any others!

I know what you mean! The thing I love about studying history is that it is more shocking, more dramatic, and more amazing than anything in fiction. I know, because I am a movie fan, too. My favorite history subjects to study are U.S. History and european monarchies.

I read biographies and watch DVD Nonfiction stuff, too.

I hate movies and fiction. Too boring. I prefer real life stuff. I like supercentenarian data, and just about every bit of data that exists. Did you know that there is only one living person left from the 1800s? Emma Morano, born 29/11/1899, the oldest living person since the death of Susannah Mushatt Jones at 116 years, 311 days on the 12th May? SMJ was born on 06/07/1899. I could go into a lot more depth but you get the idea as to how obsessed I am.

Aw, I like movies and fiction, but wow! Only one person left from the 19th century!

The last World War I veteran died 4 years ago.

Technically 2, since there is a living person born 10/03/1900.

Oh. Well, here's some from June 24th:

On 1314, Philippa of Hainault, wife of King Edward III of England, was born.

On 1532, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and would-be lover of Elizabeth I of England.

Surely Lionel Messi should've got a mention yesterday...

In 1242 Beatrice of England was born.
In 1328 William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, was born.
In 1887 George Abbott was born.
In 1925 June Lockhart was born.