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Michael

In the Old Testament, an archangel, referred to as the guardian angel of Israel. In the New Testament Book of Revelation he leads the hosts of heaven to battle against Satan. In paintings, he is depicted with a flaming sword and sometimes a pair of scales. Feast day 29 September (Michaelmas).


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9 January 1986
British defence secretary Michael Heseltine resigns from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over the 'Westland Affair'.
24 January 1986

In Britain, Trade and Industry Secretary Leon Brittan becomes the second cabinet minister to resign over the Westland affair, after Michael Hesiltine’s earlier resignation.

27 January 1984

Whilst filming an advert Michael Jackson’s hair is accidentally set on fire. Jackson is hospitalised but recovers.

16 March 1988
In Northern Ireland, Loyalist gunman Michael Stone attacks mourners attending the funeral of three IRA members at a Belfast commentary. Stone threw grenades at the crowd, killing three people. 
18 May 1994
Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley – they divorce two years later.
12 June 1997
In Britain, the Law Lords rule that former Home Secretary, Michael Howard, acted illegally by raising the minimum sentence imposed on the killers of James Bulger.
13 June 2005
Pop star Michael Jackson is found not guilty on all charges of child abuse in a court case in America.
21 June 1964
In America, civil rights activists Andrew Goodman, 20; James Chaney, 21 and Michael Schwerner, 21 are murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
24 June 1993
In Britain, the Northern Ireland Minister, Michael Mates, resigns following damaging allegations of his links with the fugitive businessman Asil Nadir.
9 July 1982
In England, Michael Fagan breaks into Buckingham Palace and spends ten minutes talking to the Queen in her bedroom before he is apprehended by the police.
10 July 1996
In England, the bodies of Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan are found near their home in Kent. Michael Stone was convicted of their murders in 2001.
14 July 1971
The body of Michael Bassett is found in Cheshire with a suicide note claiming responsibility for the murder of three French tourists.
16 July 1969
In the United States, the launch of the Apollo 11 spacecraft at the start of its mission to land men on the moon. On board the spacecraft - three US astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
24 July 2000
As part of the Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland., loyalist paramilitary hitman Michael Stone is released from the Maze prison.
4 August 1964
In America, the bodies of three civil rights activists, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, are discovered by the FBI near Philadelphia, Mississippi.
6 August 2003
In the Republic of Ireland, Michael McKevitt is found guilty of directing terrorism and membership of the Real IRA of which it is thought he is the leader. The next day McKevitt is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
8 August 1876
The highest mountain in Europe, Mont Blanc, is climbed for the first time by Michael-Babriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat.
19 August 1987
In England, Michael Ryan shoots dead 16 people in the Berkshire town of Hungerford before turning the gun on himself.
21 August 1969
Australian Michael Dennis Rohan attempts to set fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel.
22 August 1922
Irish republican Michael Collins, the founder of Sinn Fein, is assassinated by extremist republicans in an ambush in Ireland.
24 August 1993
In America, Los Angeles police announce that they are investigating allegations of child abuse made against singer Michael Jackson.
10 September 2006
The most successful Formula One driver of all time, Michael Schumacher, announces his retirement from the sport.
16 October 1996

British Home Secretary Michael Howard announces stringent new gun controls following the mass shooting of children at a school in Dunblane, Scotland.

22 October 2006
Seven times Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher finishes fourth at Brazilian Grand Prix in his last professional race.
5 November 1994
George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in Las Vegas, America.
9 November 1988
Vice-President George Bush wins the American Presidential election, defeating Democrat Michael Dukakis.
10 November 1980
In Britain, Michael Foot is elected leader of the Labour Party.
14 November 1996
Pop star Michael Jackson marries his second wife, Deborah Rowe. They divorce in 1999.
18 November 2000
Film stars Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones get married in New York, U.S.A.
20 November 2003
In America, Pop star Michael Jackson hands himself into police following the issue of a warrant for his arrest in connection with charges of child molestation.
22 November 1997
Australian rock star Michael Hutchence is found dead in a hotel room in Sydney after apparently hanging himself.
30 December 1947
King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate the throne by the communist government.
 

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