Charlotte Dujardin

Subject: Charlotte Dujardin

Born 13/7/1985, 40 years ago

Dressage rider, equestrian, and writer. The most successful British dressage rider in the history of the sport and the winner of all major titles and world records in the sport, Dujardin has been d...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Michael Egan

Subject: Michael Egan

Born 13/7/1950, 75 years ago

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. He was the brother of Christine Egan who also died in the attack. Michael Egan was born on 13 July 1950 i...

Person, Tragedy, Canada, USA

1 memorial
Ruth Ellis

Subject: Ruth Ellis

Died 13/7/1955, 70 years ago

Ruth Ellis, née Neilson, was a British nightclub hostess who was convicted of murder and became the last woman to be hanged in the UK following the fatal shooting of her lover, David Blakely, on 10...

Person, Tragedy

2 memorials
Harrison Ford

Subject: Harrison Ford

Born 13/7/1942, 83 years ago

Actor. He first came to fame, playing Han Solo in the Star Wars films. He went on to appear as the eponymous archaeologist in the Indiana Jones films. Vice-chair of Conservation International, an o...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, USA

2 memorials
J. French

Subject: J. French

Died 13/7/1918, 107 years ago

3761 Private Royal Fusiliers. Age 35. Z 284.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
George VI and the library

Memorial: George VI and the library

Erected 13/7/1949, 76 years ago

EC4, King's Bench Buildings, 1

The opening of a temporary library seems a rather minor event for which to get a King out of bed. Given the date perhaps the war had dama...

2 subjects commemorated
Rev. Thomas William Douglas James

Subject: Rev. Thomas William Douglas James

Born 13/7/1886, 139 years ago

Thomas William Douglas James was born on 13 July 1886 in Gloucester, a son of Alfred Tovey James and Sarah Elizabeth James. His father was a merchant's clerk. He was baptised at St Luke's Church, G...

Person, China/Hong Kong

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
W. Lake

Subject: W. Lake

Died 13/7/1916, 109 years ago

46027 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery. Age 38. Z 118.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lonnie Donegan

Memorial: Lonnie Donegan

Erected 13/7/2019, 6 years ago

NW6, Broadhurst Gardens, 165, English National Opera rehearsal rooms

 

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Jane Loudon

Subject: Jane Loudon

Died 13/7/1858, 167 years ago

Author and pioneer of science fiction. Born near Birmingham as Jane Webb. Wrote "The Mummy!: Or a Tale of the Twenty-Second Century" and published it in 1827, anonymously. This was reviewed favour...

Person, Art, Gardens / Agriculture, Literature

1 memorial
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