* December 7 – after a fiercely contested campaign, Monier Williams is elected as the new Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University.

While Williams ' children Claudia and John Henry contended that Williams wished to be preserved at Alcor, their half-sister and oldest Williams child Bobby-Jo Ferrell contested that her father wished to be cremated.

He contested Swansea West at the 1987 general election but was defeated by former minister Alan Williams by 7, 062 votes.

In Serena Williams's quarterfinal loss to Jennifer Capriati at the 2004 US Open, many crucial calls were contested by Williams, and TV replays demonstrated that some were indeed erroneous.

The final was contested later that evening, and saw Williams defeat Alex Shelley to capture the Pure Wrestling Championship.

In 2002, Black won the Brownlow Medal, polling 25 votes to beat second placed Josh Francou by four votes and comparisons were made between him and dual Brownlow Medallist Greg Williams because of his outstanding peripheral vision and ability to get the contested ball ..

The race, contested over 45 laps, was the tenth round of the 1992 Formula One season and was won by Williams driver ( and polesitter ) Nigel Mansell.

The race, contested over 72 laps, was won by Damon Hill for the Williams team after starting from second position.

The race, contested over 71 laps, was the first Formula One win for David Coulthard of the Williams team after starting from pole position.

The race was contested over 81 laps, with Damon Hill dominating the race for Williams after starting from pole position in his Williams FW17B.

The race, contested over 53 laps, was won by Juan Pablo Montoya for the Williams team after starting from pole position.

Burley also faced future heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles, but dropped two 10 round decisions to him ( the bouts were contested within a five week period, sandwiching a fight against Williams ).

Since neither Manley nor Eric Williams contested the Federal elections, Sir Grantley Adams became the Premier.

Williams contested two Bristol City Council elections in Cabot ward before stepping down in 1999.

Williams has contested four general elections-1997, 2001, 2005 and 2010.

However, his form soon improved and at the next world ranking event, the Shanghai Masters, he dismissed Liang Wenbo, Michael Holt and John Higgins, before losing 5-6 to Mark Williams in a tightly contested semi-final.

In Serena Williams ' controversial quarterfinal loss to Jennifer Capriati, several poor calls were contested by Williams.

Born in Bristol, England, he was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and served his compulsory National Service as a clerk in Calcutta and later in the Combined Services Entertainments Unit in Singapore where he entertained the troops alongside John Schlesinger, Stanley Baxter, and Kenneth Williams, before going on to study acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Instead Williams was posted to Washington, D. C. as the RAAF's representative to the Combined Chiefs of Staff in the United States, and remained there until the end of the war.

He developed his performing skills further during his national service with the Combined Services Entertainment unit, working alongside comedy actor Kenneth Williams, film director John Schlesinger and dramatist Peter Nichols, who used the experience as the basis for his play Privates on Parade.

Williams is also a recognized AHSA " R " Combined Training course designer, and designed the 2005 American Eventing Championship courses ( novice to advanced ).

* 1946 – Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist and composer ( UK, The Tony Williams Lifetime, HoBoLeMa, and Tempest )

* 1974 – Phil Williams, English journalist and radio host

* 1942 – Frank Williams, English founder and team principal of the WilliamsF1 Formula One racing team

* 1957 – Boris Williams, English musician ( The Cure, Thompson Twins, and Babacar )

1813 — English missionary John Williams made the first official sighting of Rarotonga.

1823 — English missionary John Williams lands in Rarotonga, converting Makea Pori Ariki to Christianity.

* 1987 – Brett Williams, English footballer

* 1949 – Cliff Williams, English bassist ( AC / DC )

* 1926 – Kenneth Williams, English actor ( d. 1988 )

* 1974 – Robbie Williams, English singer

On the arrival of a British ILP Contingent about three weeks later, Orwell and the other English militiaman, Williams, were sent with them to Monte Oscuro.

Vaughan Williams ' music utilizes melodies and harmonies found in English folk music, such as the pentatonic scale and modes, making it perfectly suited to the polarity-breaking ideals of the impressionist movement, which began moving away from the Major-minor based tonality of the Romantic composers.

* 1977 – Richard Williams, English race car driver

* 1935 – Michael Williams, English actor ( d. 2001 )

* 1968 – Olivia Williams, English actress

* 1930 – Shirley Williams, English politician

* 1945 – Trevor Williams, English Bass Guitarist ( Audience and The Nashville Teens )

In 1951, he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he studied English.

While modernist poetry in English is often viewed as an American phenomenon, with leading exponents including Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, H. D., and Louis Zukofsky, there were important British modernist poets, including David Jones, Hugh MacDiarmid, Basil Bunting, and W. H. Auden.

Fellow English team Williams offered the most consistent challenge during this period, the two winning every constructors ' title between 1984 and 1994.

In the 20th century, English opera began to assert more independence, with works of Ralph Vaughan Williams and in particular Benjamin Britten, who in a series of works that remain in standard repertory today, revealed an excellent flair for the dramatic and superb musicality.

* 1821 – George Williams, English founder of the YMCA ( d. 1905 )

Robinson Jeffers, Marianne Moore, and William Carlos Williams are three notable poets who reject the idea that regular accentual meter is critical to English poetry.

* 1972 – Doug Williams, English wrestler

* 1929 – Bernard Williams, English philosopher ( d. 2003 )