BirthOctober 101989

Emer Kenny

Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter

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When
Tuesday, October 10 198937 years ago
Category
BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Era
20th century · 1980s
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Person
Emer Kenny

Who they were

Emer Kenny is a British actress and screenwriter. She is best known for playing Zsa Zsa Carter in EastEnders and its spin-off EastEnders: E20, Danielle Reeves in Pramface and Penelope "Bunty" Windermere in Father Brown. Kenny also provides a motion capture and voice to Callie Mayer in the Formula One story mode video game, Braking Point.

Why this date

Emer Kenny appears on our October 10 calendar for 1989 as a birth entry.

October 10 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1989Emer Kenny
  2. 1998Lignes Aériennes Congolaises (1997–2003)
  3. 2002Iraq War
  4. 2004Murder of Huang Na
  5. 2007Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
  6. 2009Armenia
  7. 2010Netherlands Antilles
  8. 20152015 Ankara bombings
  9. 2018Hurricane Michael
  10. 2018National Fire and Rescue Administration
  11. 2022Ben Bernanke

Also in 1989

  • September 11East GermanyHungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
  • September 13ApartheidLargest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
  • September 14Typhoon Sarah (1989)Typhoon Sarah dissipated after causing extensive damage along an erratic path across the Western Pacific, killing 71 in Taiwan, the Phili…
  • September 14Standard Gravure shootingThe Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former…
  • September 16Boris YeltsinDuring a tour of the United States, Soviet politician Boris Yeltsin visited a grocery store in Texas that had a major impact on his views…
  • September 181989 Burkina Faso coup attemptAn attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled.
  • November 17Walt Disney PicturesWalt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning the Disney Renaissance.
  • November 17Velvet RevolutionCold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprisi…

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When did Emer Kenny happen?

October 10 1989 — 37 years ago, on a Tuesday.

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