* December 4-Charles Augustus Semlin, politician and Premier of British Columbia ( died 1927 )

* November 4-Charles Churchill, poet and satirist ( born 1731 )

* July 4-Charles Dodgson ( better known as Lewis Carroll ) extemporises the story that becomes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for 10-year-old Alice Liddell and her sisters on a rowing boat trip on The Isis from Oxford to Godstow.

* April 4-Charles Dubin, lawyer and former Chief Justice of Ontario ( d. 2008 )

* December 4-Charles Richet ( born 1850 ), winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

** July 4-Charles Francis Adams, Sr. speaks

The poet Charles Causley said, " I don't know anyone writing in this particular genre today who comes within a thousand miles of him ".

Charles Stanley Causley, CBE, FRSL ( 24 August 1917 – 4 November 2003 ) was a Cornish poet, schoolmaster and writer.

* Farewell, Aggie Weston, a famous poem by Cornish poet Charles Causley, and also the name of a poetry collection published by him

More seriously, the West Country and particularly Devon, have produced some of the most successful folk artists of recent years, including Show of Hands, Mark Bazeley and Jason Rice, Paul Downes, Jim Causley, Seth Lakeman and his brothers.

Ian Raymond Causley ( born 19 October 1940 ) is an Australian politician.

Causley was born in Maclean, New South Wales, and was a farmer and company director before entering politics.

Causley was the member for Clarence in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1996.

In the federal parliament, Causley was Deputy Speaker from February 2002 to November 2007.

Causley retired at the 2007 election.

Causley was born at Launceston in Cornwall and was educated there and in Peterborough.

Causley had to leave school at 15 to earn money, working as an office boy during his early years.

" Survivor's Leave " followed in 1953, and from then until his death Causley published frequently.

In 1958, Causley was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded a CBE in 1986.

The Charles Causley Trust secured the poet's house in Launceston for the nation in 2006, and is working towards opening the house to the public and providing a programme of heritage activities to promote Causley's life and work.

" W. H. Auden comments on Causley stating that " Causley stayed true to what he called his ' guiding principle ' ... while there are some good poems which are only for adults, because they pre-suppose adult experience in their readers, there are no good poems which are only for children.

In June 2010, the first Charles Causley Festival took place in Launceston, held over a long weekend.

The 2012 Festival occurred alongside the Queen's 60th Jubilee festivities, but nevertheless produced good attendance for its events ( including visitors from France and Russia interested in Causley and his writing ), and positive reactions.

* Causley at The Poetry Archive, profile and poems written and audio.

Rather, like Charles Causley, he seems to be considered more of an isolated figure, working on his poetry outside of the mainstream of poetic trends.

# U. A. Fanthorpe, Elma Mitchell, Charles Causley

* 28-Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, 86, British Air Chief Marshal.

The pass is used by the Coquihalla Highway, a government megaproject built as part of the Expo 86 spending boom of the 1980s, which is now the main route from the Coast to the British Columbia interior.

GSG 9 officers stormed the aircraft on the ground in Mogadishu, Somalia, with minor help from the Somali Army and British SAS and freed all 86 hostages, killing three terrorists and capturing the last one.

Seventeen British sailors were killed and 77 wounded, while 6 Americans were killed, 35 wounded, and 86 captured.

The first permanent IMAX 3D theatre was built in Vancouver, British Columbia for Transitions at Expo ' 86, and was in use until 30 September 2009.

Mystery Lodge ( 1994 ) Inspired by General Motors " Spirit Lodge " pavilion, a live show augmented with Peppers Ghost and other special effects, which was among the most popular exhibits at Expo 86 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which was produced by Bob Rogers and created with the assistance of the Kwagulth Native reserve in Alert Bay, British Columbia.

These, along with the similar British Rail Class 86 | Class 86 formed the backbone of express passenger services on the WCML from the 1970s until the 2000s.

The British army only had nine divisions available for war, whereas Germany had 78 and France 86.

The British Law Commission Report on Partial Defences to Murder ( 2004 ) Part 4 ( pp78 / 86 ) recommends a redefinition of provocation to cover situations where a person acts lethally out of fear.

* 11-Sir Denys Lasdun, 86, British architect.

* 30 – John Vernon Taylor, 86, British Anglican bishop.

* 20 – Sir Fred Hoyle, 86, British astronomer and science fiction writer.

* 23-Ken Aston, 86, British football referee.

* 9 – Michael Carver, Baron Carver, 86, British Field Marshal.

* 16 Michael Walford, 86, British sportsman.

* 17 Brian Simon, 86, British educationalist and historian.

* 9 George Alfred Barnard, 86, British statistician.

* 15 Robert William Pope, 86, British Anglican prelate, Dean of Gibraltar.

* 8 Dorothy Mackie Low, 86, British novelist.

British climber Oscar Eckenstein started the trend toward shorter ice axes with a lighter model measuring 85 – 86 cm.

* British Rail Class 86

In January 2004, Lego posted a loss of 1. 4 billion Danish kroner ( 223. 86 million USD / 140 million British pounds ).