Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020)

Anthony Lester

Anthony Paul Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, QC was a British barrister and member of the House of Lords. He was at different times a member of the Labour Party, Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democrats. Lester was best known for his influence on race relations legislation in the United Kingdom and as a founder-member of groups such as the Institute of Race Relations, the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination and the Runnymede Trust. Lester was also a prominent figure in promoting birth control and abortion through the Family Planning Association, particularly in Northern Ireland.

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1936

July 3

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1930s

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1936 Born

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1035 William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigning until 1087.
1535 Diego de Almagro leaves the recently conquered Inca capital of Cuzco to lead an expedition to Chile.

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The world in 1936

When Anthony arrived

april 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
april 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
april 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
april 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

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Alfred Korzybski 1879– Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher (died 1950) Carl Ludvig Engel 1778– German architect (died 1840) Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1860–1935 American sociologist and author (born 1860) Franz Kafka 1883–1924 Czech-Austrian author (died 1924) George Sanders 1906–1972 English actor (born 1906) Jean-Claude Duvalier 1951–2014 Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (died 2014) John Singleton Copley 1738–1815 American painter (died 1815) Kurtwood Smith 1943– American actor Teemu Selänne 1970– Finnish ice hockey player

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Silvio Berlusconi 1936–2023 Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936) Anthony Payne 1936–2021 English composer (born 1936) Antonin Scalia 1936–2016 American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1936) B. J. Habibie 1936–2019 Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019) Bill Mazeroski 1936– American baseball player and coach (died 2026) Bobby Ross 1936– American football player and coach Brian Blessed 1936– English actor Canaan Banana 1936–2003 Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003) Carl Icahn 1936– American businessman and investor

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