English actress, comedian and screenwriter

Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedian, actress, singer, impressionist, satirist and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French. With French, Saunders co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders and later received acclaim in the 1990s for writing and playing her character Edina Monsoon in her sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2009 with French.

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1958

July 6

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1950s

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-371 The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
640 Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
1253 Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
1348 Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.

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The world in 1958

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april 14 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
april 21 United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
april 26 Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
april 4 The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

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George W. Bush 1946– American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States Antonio Manetti 1423– Italian mathematician and architect (died 1497) Eva Green 1980– French actress and model Fred Dryer 1946– American football player and actor Frida Kahlo 1907–1954 Mexican painter and educator (born 1907) Henry Paget 1797–1854 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1768) Jae Crowder 1990– American basketball player Will James 1892–1942 American author and illustrator (died 1942) Wojciech Jaruzelski 1923–2014 Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (died 2014)

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Adrian Newey 1958– English aerodynamicist and engineer Andy Reid 1958– American football player and coach Anna Politkovskaya 1958–2006 Russian journalist and activist (died 2006) Betsy DeVos 1958– American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education Caryl Phillips 1958– Caribbean-English author and playwright Charlie Kaufman 1958– American director, producer, and screenwriter Chris Columbus 1958– American director, producer, and screenwriter Hugo Sánchez 1958– Mexican footballer, coach, and manager John Ensign 1958– American physician and politician

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