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Hitchin V Biggleswade.qxp_Layout 1 11/04/2017 07:31 Page 10 SOMETHING ELSE ON 17 APRIL 10 10 17 April 1960 - Touring in the UK, 21-year-old US singer Eddie Cochran was killed when the taxi he was travelling in crashed into a lamp post on Rowden Hill, Chippenham, Wiltshire, Songwriter Sharon Sheeley and singer Gene Vincent survived the crash, Cochran's current hit at the time was 'Three Steps to Heaven'. The taxi driver, George Martin, was convicted of dangerous driving, fined £50, disqualified from driving for 15 years, and sent to prison for six months. 17 April 1961 - American supported counter-revolutionary forces try to overthrow Cuban leader, Fidel Castro. The main Cochrane landing point at the Bay of Pigs was a beach surrounded by a mosquito-infested swamp and the fighting lasted just three days. The invasion force was badly outnumbered and the mass defection of Cubans they had hoped for - their only realistic hope of success - never materialised. 17 April 1970 - Six days after launch the ill-fated Apollo 13 returns safely back to earth. Intended originally to have been the third moon landing, following the explosion of an oxygen tank, the flight passed the far side of the moon and therefore the furthest humans have ever travelled from earth. 17 April 1977 - BBC 1 at 20:05; The Good Life – Tom and Barbara are in desperate need for manure and decide to approach Margo’s pony club, it transpires she hasn’t attended for months and when they later see her entering a building which appears to be a private flat they conclude she’s having an affair. Then, at 20:35; Roots - Kunta Kinte has married Bell and for them and their The Good Life daughter Kizzy, now 16, life on Dr William Reynolds's plantation seems settled and happy. 17 April 1982 - My Camera Never Lies by Bucks Fizz replaces Seven Tears by Goombay Dance Band at number one in the singles chart. 17 April 1984 - WPC Yvonne Fletcher was killed and ten people were injured after shots were fired from the Libyan People’s Bureau in St James’ Square. 17 April 1986 - TV journalist, John McCarthy was abducted on his way to the airport in the war-torn capital of Lebanon, Beirut. The same day the bodies of three other hostages were found on the streets, including British teachers Leigh Douglas and Philip Padfield. 17 April 1999 - Right-wing extremist David Copeland detonates a nail bomb outside Iceland supermarket in Brixton. It was the first of three attacks over successive weekends, killing three people, including a pregnant woman, and injuring 140, four of whom lost limbs. 17 April 2014 - Goals from Lewis Rolfe and Sam Barker are not enough as Hitchin Town loose on penalties to Bishop’s Stortford in the Herts Charity Cup final. John McCarthy
Hitchin V Biggleswade.qxp_Layout 1 11/04/2017 07:31 Page 11 QUIZ OF THE WEEK WHO AM I? 1 2 3 Born 17 April 1959 in Sheffield I was cock-a-hoop when the Blades won promotion last weekend I am an actor and you may know me for my role as Boromir I also played Ned Stark in Game of Thrones Born 17 April 1957 in Redhill I am a novelist and screenwriter Hugh Grant starred in the film adaption of my book “About A Boy” My second book was an autobiographical story detailing my support for Arsenal FC Born 17 April 1974 in Harlow I’m a businesswoman, fashion designer, model and singer Nine out of ten of our singles reached number one in the charts I married a professional footballer and we have four children Answers on page 38 11
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