1540: Edward Cooke, former mayor of Doncaster for 4 years was executed at Tyburn. 1980: Yorkshire and England cricketer Richard Dawson was born in Doncaster. 2008: Doncaster's Odeon was closed with the final screening of Sean Faris in Never Back Down. 2008: Doncaster Bloodstock Sales £7m million state-of-the-art thoroughbred racehorse facility opened by Michael Owen.
