English politician

Andrea Leadsom

Dame Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom is a British politician who served in various ministerial positions under Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak between 2014 and 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Northamptonshire from 2010 to 2024. Leadsom served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2016 to 2017, Leader of the House of Commons from 2017 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2019 to 2020. She has twice stood to become Leader of the Conservative Party, in 2016 and 2019.

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1963

May 13

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1963 Born

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535 Election of pope Agapetus I following the death of pope John II earlier that month.
1110 Baldwin I of Jerusalem captures the city of Beirut from the Fatimid Caliphate with the help of a Genoese fleet.
1344 A Latin Christian fleet defeats a Turkish fleet in the battle of Pallene during the Smyrniote crusades.
1373 Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book Revelations of Divine Love.

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april 10 One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
april 11 Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
april 12 The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.[citation needed]
april 16 U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.

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Bruce Chatwin 1940–1989 English-French author (born 1940) Charles Watson-Wentworth 1730–1782 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1730) Jim Jones 1931–1978 American cult leader, founder of the Peoples Temple (died 1978) Juan Bautista Ceballos 1811–1859 former president of Mexico (born 1811) Lena Dunham 1986– American actress, director, and screenwriter Pusha T 1977– American rapper Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo 1699–1782 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1782) Siobhan Fallon Hogan 1961– American actress Stevie Wonder 1950– American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

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Alberto Nisman 1963–2015 Argentinian lawyer (died 2015) Alec Stewart 1963– English cricketer Anne-Sophie Mutter 1963– German violinist Arthur Adams 1963– American comic book artist and writer Brian Greene 1963– American physicist Brian Robbins 1963– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Chip Kelly 1963– American football player and coach Conan O'Brien 1963– American television host, comedian, and writer Coolio 1963–2022 American rapper, producer, and actor (died 2022)

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