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Gavin Maxwell, born

Gavin Maxwell FRSL FZS FRGS (15 July 1914 – 7 September 1969) was a British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters.

Jo Grimond, born

Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond, CH, CBE, TD, PC (/ˈɡrɪmənd/; 29 July 1913 – 24 October 1993), known as Jo Grimond, was a British politician, leader of the Liberal Party for eleven years from 1956 to 1967 and again briefly on an interim basis in 1976.

Alistair Cooke, journalist, is born

Alistair Cooke was born on November 20, 1908, in Salford, Lancashire, England. He was a British-American journalist, television personality, and broadcaster, best known for his long-running program “Letter from America.” Here are some key points about Alistair Cooke:

Birth of Lord Home of the Hirsel

Birth of Lord Home of the Hirsel, Foreign Secretary and UK Prime Minister.

Birth of Sir Arnold Bax, composer, writer and Hibernophile

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music. In addition to a series of symphonic poems, he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist.

Birth at sea of Edward McLysaght, genealogist and writer

Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght (Irish: Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986), was a genealogist of twentieth-century Ireland.

Caradar Cornish, pioneer in language revival and author, is born

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsan, born

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was an Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, published under the name Lord Dunsany.

Remains of David Livingstone interred in Westminster Abbey.

David Livingstone FRGS FRS (/ˈlɪvɪŋstən/; 19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa. Livingstone was married to Mary Moffat Livingstone, from the prominent 18th-century Moffatt missionary family.

Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain is founded

The Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain, often referred to simply as the Home Rule Confederation, was an Irish nationalist organization founded in Britain during the late 19th century. It was established to support the cause of Irish Home Rule, which aimed to secure self-governing powers for Ireland within the United Kingdom.