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United Kingdom

Mary, (April 21, 1926, London) - the reigning Queen of

Great Britain.
Comes from the House of Windsor. Ascended the throne of February 6, 1952 at the age of 25 years after the death of her father King George VI. Is the oldest British monarch in history. Currently ranked second in the history of the duration of stay in the British throne (after Queen Victoria) and also second in the world in terms of length of stay as head of state among the incumbent President.

30, 1874, Woodstock - January 24, 1965, London) - British

statesman and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1940-1945 and 1951-1955; soldier, journalist, writer, honorary member of the British Academy (1952), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1953).

Thatcher; née Roberts; October 13, 1925, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England) -

71 th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK Conservative Party) in the 1979-1990 years, the baroness 1992. The first and only woman to attend this post, as well as the first female prime minister of a European state. Thatcher's premiership was the longest in the XX century. Earned the nickname "Iron Lady" for criticism of the Soviet leadership, she brought to life a number of conservative measures, which have become part of the policy of so-called "Thatcherism".

1616 - the great English playwright and poet, one of

the most famous playwrights of the world, the author of 10 tragedies, comedies, 16, 6 historical records - including consisting of several pieces, poems and 4 cycle of 154 sonnets.

known as Lord Byron (January 22, 1788, Dover - April

19, 1824, Missolonghi, Ottoman Greece) - English romantic poet.

- March 31, 1727 year- English physicist, mathematician and astronomer,

one of the founders of classical physics. The author of the fundamental work "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", in which he outlined the law of gravity and the three laws of mechanics.

23, 1775, London - 19 December 1851, London) - British

painter, master of romantic landscape watercolourist and printmaker.

April 16, 1889 - December 25, 1977) - American and

English film actor, screenwriter, composer and director, versatile master of cinema, the creator of one of the most famous images of world cinema - image tramp Charlie. Chaplin has used techniques of mime and slapstick, with the 1920s in his work began to take a much more serious social issues than it was in the early period of short films. Starting from April 1914 Chaplin began to act as a director and screenwriter most films with their own participation, since 1916, he has also produced films, and in 1918 - wrote the music.

1960: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr.