English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Alan Carr

Alan Graham Carr is an English comedian, broadcaster, writer, and television personality. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. In the ensuing years, Carr's career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before he became known for co-hosting the comedy variety show The Friday Night Project (2006–2009) with Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong (2008), and he went on to host the comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009–2017).

Born

1976

June 14

Died

Living

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1970s

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Alan, in brief

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Key dates

1976 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1158 The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
1216 First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France takes the city of Winchester, abandoned by John, King of England, and soon conquers over half of the kingdom.
1276 While in exile in Fuzhou, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for Emperor Duanzong.
1285 Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of the Trần dynasty destroy most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.

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The world in 1976

When Alan arrived

april 1 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.
april 11 The Apple I is created.
april 13 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
april 13 Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on June 14

Donald Trump 1946– American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States Andrew Cogliano 1987– Canadian ice hockey player Andrey Markov 1856–1922 Russian mathematician and theorist (born 1856) Barry Melton 1947– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Gunna 1993– American rapper Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811–1896 American author and activist (born 1811) Judith Kerr 1923–2019 German-English author and illustrator (died 2019) Margaret Bourke-White 1904–1971 American photographer and journalist (born 1906) Roger Liddle 1947– Baron Liddle, English politician

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1976

Alan Faneca 1976– American football player Anna Friel 1976– English actress Antoine Walker 1976– American basketball player Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira 1976– Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer Brett Kimmorley 1976– Australian rugby league player and sportscaster Chauncey Billups 1976– American basketball player Dan Cloutier 1976– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Daniel Whiston 1976– English figure skater Earl Boykins 1976– American basketball player

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