English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Harry Clarke, Baron Clarke of Nottingham is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe from 1970 to 2019, serving as Father of the House of Commons between 2017 and 2019. Clarke served in the Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher and John Major as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1987 to 1988, Health Secretary from 1988 to 1990, and Education Secretary from 1990 to 1992. He held two of the Great Offices of State as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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1940

July 2

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626 Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
866 Battle of Brissarthe: The Franks led by Robert the Strong are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army.
1298 Battle of Göllheim: Albert I of Habsburg defeats Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
1494 Age of Discovery: The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.

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The world in 1940

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april 14 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
april 23 The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
april 7 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
april 8 The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Alec Douglas-Home 1903–1995 English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995) Bret Hart 1957– Canadian wrestler Chad Henne 1985– American football player Charles Tupper 1821–1915 Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1915) Chris Huhne 1954– English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Christoph Willibald Gluck 1714–1787 German composer (died 1787) Lindsay Lohan 1986– American actress and singer Omar Suleiman 1936–2012 Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (born 1935) Patrice Lumumba 1925–1961 Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1925)

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Abbas Kiarostami 1940–2016 Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (born 1940) Abdurrahman Wahid 1940–2009 Indonesian journalist and politician, fourth President of Indonesia (born 1940) Bruce Chatwin 1940–1989 English-French author (born 1940) Bruce Lee 1940–1973 American actor and martial artist (born 1940) David Jason 1940– English actor, director, and producer Edmund White 1940–2025 American novelist, memoirist, and essayist (died 2025) Fabrizio De André 1940–1999 Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999) Fran Tarkenton 1940– American football player and sportscaster Frank Zappa 1940–1993 American singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer (died 1993)

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