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Smoking is bad...but looks so cool

On this day, in 1998, Miguel Ángel Jiménez won the Trophee Lancome with an 11-under-par, 273 – enough for a two stroke victory over Mark O'Meara, Greg Turner, David Duval, and Jarmo Sandelin.

Miguel Ángel Jiménez was born in Malaga in 1964 and first appeared on the European Tour in 1988 having fought his way past British holiday-makers to learn his trade on the courses of his home-town. In 1992, he won the Piaget Belgian Open, the first of his 13 Tour victories to date. In 1994 he finished fifth on the order of merit and managed a fourth place finish in both 1998 and 1999. Miguel is best known for his his love of cigars and his penchant for fixing rather than driving high performance cars, leading to his nickname 'the mechanic'. He also enjoys kicking tyres, topless calendars and overcharging for simple jobs.

Also on this day, in 1673, Galileo Galilei is tried before the Spanish Inquisition for daring to teach that the Earth orbits the Sun. He didn't expect it, no-one does. Galileo was then ordered to spend the remaining years of his life under house arrest

Meanwhile, in 1969, John Lennon left The Beatles but did not make a public announcement. This further weakened the relationship between him and Paul which was already strained after John had borrowed Paul's duvet and painted all over it in preparation for a later event.

And it's, Cherd Songsri! As they say in the Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, to; Portsmouth midfielder Sean Davis (28), Colombian F1 star Juan Pablo Montoya (32) and Barcelona striker Henrik Larsson (36). Today was also the day that Old Big 'Ead, Brian Clough died of stomach cancer in 2004.