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Ray Douglas Bradbury (US: / ˈ b r æ d b ɛr i / BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
Under new proposals, messaging apps will have to either add a backdoor to their programs, or risk a potential ban within the UK. [11] To justify the proposal to ban encryption, David Cameron claims that "In our country, do we want to allow a means of communication between people, which even in extremis, with a signed warrant from the home ...
24 February – Ray Honeyford, head teacher (died 2012) [20] 25 February Bernard Bresslaw, actor (died 1993) Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell, politician (died 2018) 28 February – Ronnie Moran, football captain (Liverpool F.C.) (died 2017) 4 March – John Dunn, radio presenter (died 2004) 5 March – Nicholas Smith, actor (died 2015)
15 December – The Downing Street Declaration on the future of Northern Ireland is signed between the UK and Irish governments. [36] 25 December – The Queen speaks of her hopes for peace in Northern Ireland in her Christmas Day speech. 29 December – The Provisional IRA vows to fight on against the British presence in Northern Ireland.
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel A Caribbean Mystery.; J. W. B. Douglas's cohort study The Home and the School: a study of ability and attainment in the primary school.; Ian Fleming's James Bond novel You Only Live Twice and his children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (the latter posthumously).
26 February – Barings Bank, the UK's oldest merchant bank, collapses following $1,400,000,000 of losses by rogue trader, Nick Leeson. 28 February – The Diary of Bridget Jones column first published in The Independent. [4]
Adil Ray OBE (Punjabi: عادل رے, born 26 April 1974) is a British actor, comedian and radio/television presenter.Ray stars in the BBC One comedy Citizen Khan, which he created and co-writes, as well as presenting on various BBC radio stations.
George Raymond Stevenson (25 May 1964 – 21 May 2023) was an actor from Northern Ireland, best known for his film and television work.He had a starring role as legionary Titus Pullo on the BBC/HBO television series Rome (2005–07), and portrayed two Marvel Comics characters: Frank Castle / The Punisher in Punisher: War Zone (2008) and The Super Hero Squad Show and Volstagg in the Marvel ...