1995 Heaton's Jonathan Edwards set a Triple Jump World Record of 18.29m
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1995 Heaton’s Jonathan Edwards set a Triple Jump World Record of 18.29m

1921 James Douglas Edgar, golfer, died
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1910 John Dickman was hanged for the murder of John Innes Nisbet
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1949 Samuel Smith, co-founder of Ringtons, died
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1737 Charles Hutton, mathematician, born
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1915 Jack Common born
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1884 Jesmond Dene officially opened
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1956 Julia Darling, writer, born
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2000 Heaton's Jonathan Edwards won Triple Jump Olympic Gold
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2000 Heaton’s Jonathan Edwards won Triple Jump Olympic Gold

1938 Colin Veitch, footballer, actor, politician, died
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1948 Florence Nightingale Harrison-Bell, social reformer and campaigner, died
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1932 Neil Bartlett, chemist, born
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1928 Heaton Secondary Schools opened
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1901 HMS Cobra sank
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2000 Jonathan Edwards won Olympic gold
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1885 James Douglas Edgar, golfer, born
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1893 Alfred Kingsley Lawrence, artist, born
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1898 Victoria Library opened
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1913 Suffragettes alleged to have tried to burn down Heaton Station
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1878 Byker Bridge opened to pedestrians
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1982 Byker Metro Bridge opened
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1910 Heaton's Electric Palace cinema opened
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1910 Heaton’s Electric Palace cinema opened

1810 William (later Lord) Armstrong born
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1299 King Edward I visited Heaton
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2015 Elsie Tu died
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1938 Chas Chandler born
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1904 Francis 'Tom' Baker, physicist and engineer, born
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1904 Francis ‘Tom’ Baker, physicist and engineer, born

1900 Lord William Armstrong died
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1949 Lucien Boullemier, ceramic artist and footballer, died
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