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On this Day - August 6th


 * 1816 - Thomas Russell Crampton an English engineer, best known for designing the Crampton locomotive, was born at Broadstairs.
 * 1922 - Freddie Laker, the "no-frills" airline entrepreneur was born in Canterbury. An old boy of the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Laker started working in aviation with Short Brothers in Rochester