19th January

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1649 The trial of Charles I for treason began . Charles refused to plead, saying that he did not recognise the legality of the Court.

1848 Birth of Matthew Webb, first person to swim the English Channel - on the 25th August 1875.

1915 More than 20 people were killed when German zeppelins bombed England for the first time - bombs were dropped on Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn.

1937 The 18 year old English ballet dancer Margot Fonteyn made her debut in 'Giselle' at Sadler's Wells.

2013 A piece of music that was composed by waiting for bird droppings to fall onto giant sheets of manuscript paper received its premiere at the Tate Liverpool art gallery.

2014 The death of former British athlete Sir Chris Chataway, at the age of 82, who broke the 5,000m world record in 1954, and is also the man who helped Sir Roger Bannister to break the four-minute mile barrier in the same year.

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