Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2015)

Geoffrey Howe

Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon,, known from 1970 to 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, was a British barrister and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1990. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of chancellor of the Exchequer, foreign secretary, and finally leader of the House of Commons, deputy prime minister and lord president of the Council. His resignation from Cabinet on 1 November 1990 is widely considered to have precipitated the leadership challenge that led to Thatcher's resignation three weeks later.

Born

1926

December 20

Died

2015

Era

1920s

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Geoffrey, in brief

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1926 Born
2015 Died

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69 Antonius Primus enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor for Nero's former general Vespasian.
944 Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos is arrested by two of his sons, forced to abdicate and to live as a monk for the rest of his life.
1046 Emperor Henry III convenes the synod of Sutri to mediate between different claimants to the papacy.
1192 Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade.

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The world in 1926

When Geoffrey arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on December 20

Branch Rickey 1881–1965 American baseball player and manager (died 1965) Charlie Callas 1924–2011 American actor and comedian (died 2011) Marta Russell 1951–2013 American journalist, author, and activist (born 1951) Rana Bhagwandas 1942–2015 Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (died 2015) Sandra Cisneros 1954– American author and poet Sidney Hook 1902– American philosopher and author (died 1989) Vakkom Majeed 1909–2000 Indian journalist and politician (died 2000)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1926

A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013)

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