P515 CEEFAX 1 515 Sat 03 Jan 19:54/44 SATURDAY, JANUARY 3 ON THIS DAY IN... 1989 19-year-old Mark Duncan set off from his home in East Sussex to walk nearly 14,000km around the coast of Britain for charity. 1958 Mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole. BORN ON THIS DAY: British novelist ERR Tolkien (1892-1973) — he wrote the famous book "The Hobbit". HAPPY BIRTHDAY to: German F1 racing star Michael Schumachjt, who's 29. Backchat 506 Prius Pack Info 517 Contacts 516 CBBC Text A-Z 539 Contacts Studio 9 Comp. BuzzP515 CEEFAX 1 515 Sat 03 Jan 19:55/11 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 ON THIS DAY IN... 1989 It was announced that 1989 had been the warmest year in Britain since records began in 1659. It had also been the sunniest year since 1909. 1915 200 people died when the cruise linjt "Persia" was hit bz a torpedo — an undjrwatet missile — near Crete. BORN ON THIS DAY: Author of the Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1934). HAPPY BIRTHDAY to: The American golf whiz-kid Tiger Woods, who's 22. Backchat 506 Press Pack Info 517 Contacts 516 CBBC Text A-Z 539 Contacts Studio 9 Comp. Buzz