English politician (born 1931)

Cecil Parkinson

Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister. A chartered accountant by training, he entered Parliament in November 1970, and was appointed a minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government in May 1979. He successfully managed the Conservative Party's 1983 election campaign, and was rewarded with an appointment as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, but was forced to resign following revelations that his former secretary, Sara Keays, was pregnant with his child, whom she later bore and named Flora Keays. Flora was born with severe cerebral palsy.

Born

1931

September 1

Died

2016

Era

1930s

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Cecil, in brief

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1931 Born
2016 Died

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1145 The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.
1173 The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
1355 King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.

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The world in 1931

When Cecil arrived

april 14 The Second Spanish Republic is proclaimed and King Alfonso XIII goes into exile. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, Francesc Macià proclaims the Catalan Republic.
april 17 After negotiations between Catalan and Spanish provisional governments, the Catalan Republic proclaimed in April 14 becomes the Generalitat de Catalunya, the autonomous government of Catalonia within the Spanish Republic.
august 24 Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
august 5 Judge and Nazi Party member Werner Best drews the Boxheim Documents, which described a violent takeover of the government by the NSDAP.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 1

Bernie Wagenblast 1956– transportation journalist, founder of Transportation Communications Newsletter Burn Gorman 1974– American-born English actor and musician E. Herbert Norman 1909–1957 Canadian historian and diplomat (born 1909) Eleanor Hibbert 1906– English author (died 1993) Henri Bourassa 1868–1952 Canadian publisher and politician (born 1868) Hilda Rix Nicholas 1884–1961 Australian artist (born 1884) Innokenty Annensky 1855– Russian poet and critic (died 1909) Richard Farnsworth 1920–2000 American actor and stuntman (born 1920) Walter Reuther 1907–1970 American union leader (born 1907)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1931

Albert DeSalvo 1931– American serial killer known as the Boston Strangler (died 1973) Alex Delvecchio 1931–2025 Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2025) Allen Klein 1931–2009 American businessman and music publisher (died 2009) Bernard Francis Law 1931– Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017) Bob Johnson 1931–1991 American ice hockey player and coach (died 1991) Buddy Ryan 1931–2016 American football coach (died 2016) Cardiss Collins 1931–2013 American politician (born 1931) Chalmers Johnson 1931–2010 American scholar and author (died 2010) Charles Colson 1931– American lawyer and politician (died 2012)

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