2nd Earl of Snowdon, English businessman

David Armstrong-Jones

David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, styled as Viscount Linley until 2017 and known professionally as David Linley, is a member of the British royal family, an English furniture maker, and honorary chairman of the auction house Christie's. He is the only son of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret, and through his mother a grandson of King George VI and first cousin of King Charles III. When he was born, he was 5th in the line of succession to the British throne; as of 2025, he is 26th, and the highest who is not a descendant of Queen Elizabeth II, his aunt.

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1961

November 3

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1961 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

361 Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.
1090 The Rouen Riot, an attempt by English king William Rufus to take possession of Rouen, the capital city of his brother Robert, duke of Normandy, fails.
1333 The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
1468 Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.

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The world in 1961

When David arrived

april 11 The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
april 12 Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1.
april 16 In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
april 17 Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

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Same-day contemporaries

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André Malraux 1901–1976 French theorist and author (born 1901) Anna Wintour 1949– English-American journalist Annibale Carracci 1560–1609 Italian painter and illustrator (born 1560) Cathy Jamieson 1956– Scottish politician, 2nd Scottish Minister for Justice Claire van Kampen 1953–2025 English director and composer (born 1953) Diego Alessi 1971– Italian race car driver Dwight Yorke 1971– Tobagonian footballer and coach John Mitchel 1815– Irish journalist and activist (died 1875) Jubal Early 1816–1896 American general (born 1816)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1961

Alain Vigneault 1961– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Ann Coulter 1961– American political commentator and author Artur Ekert 1961– Polish-British physicist and academic Ben Summerskill 1961– English businessman and journalist Cam Cameron 1961– American football player and coach Carl Lewis 1961– American long jumper and runner Christian Okoye 1961– American football player Cindy Herron 1961– American singer-songwriter and actress David Brooks 1961– American journalist and author

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