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Births
1672 –
Joseph Addison
(
Queen's
and
Magdalen
), poet, essayist and playwright
1769 –
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
,
Chancellor of the University
1834–1852
1916 –
John Eggar
, schoolmaster and cricketer
1922 –
Alastair Gillespie
, Canadian politician
1923 –
Joseph Heller
(
St Catherine's
), American novelist (author of
Catch-22
)
1926 –
Bernard Stonehouse
(
Merton
), polar scientist
1929 –
Ralf Dahrendorf
, Warden of
St Antony's
1987–1997
Deaths
1785 –
Myles Cooper
(
Queen's
), English priest who became President of King's College (predecessor of
Columbia University
, New York)
1968 –
Harold Nicolson
(
Balliol
), diplomat and politician
Other events
May Morning
— celebrations take place every year at 6am outside
Magdalen College
.
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