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August 14, 1947

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Maddy Prior

1947Maddy Prior, English folk singer[†]

Madeleine Edith Prior is an English folk rock singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. She was born in Blackpool and moved to St Albans in her teens. Her father, Allan Prior, was co-creator of the police drama Z-Cars. She was married to Steeleye bass guitarist Rick Kemp, and their daughter, Rose Kemp, is also a singer. Their son, Alex Kemp, is also a guitarist and has deputised for his father playing bass guitar for Steeleye Span.

Danielle Steel

1947Danielle Steel, American author[†]

Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel is an American writer best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling living author and the fourth best-selling fiction author of all time, with over 800 million copies sold. As of 2021, she has written 190 books, including over 140 novels.

Joop van Daele

1947Joop van Daele, Dutch footballer[†]

Johannes Cornelis "Joop" van Daele was a Dutch footballer who played as a defender.

Historical Events

Pakistan

1947Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan, due to the partition of India.[†]

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor.