Africa
31st May – On This Day In History
Born:
1819 Walt Whitman (poet)
Died:
1983 Jack Dempsey (heavyweight boxing champion)
On This Day:
1920 Union of South Africa declares its independence (from Britain)
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26th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1907 John Wayne (actor, best known for Westerns)
Died:
2008 Sydney Pollack (actor & director)
On This Day:
1926 Lebanon adopts its constitution
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10th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1899 Fred Astaire (dancer & actor)
Died:
1818 Paul Revere (American War of Independence patriot)
On This Day:
1994 Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa’s first black president
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1st May – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Joanna Lumley (actress)
Died:
1873 David Livingstone (explorer)
On This Day:
1853 Argentina adopts its constitution
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27th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1791 Samuel Morse (inventor – telegraph & Morse Code)
Died:
1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson (poet)
On This Day:
1960 Togo declares independence (from France)
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25th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1599 Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector of England)
Died:
1878 Anne Sewell (author – Black Beauty)
On This Day:
1859 Ground is broken for the construction of the Suez Canal
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24th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1934 Shirley MacLaine (actress)
Died:
1731 Daniel Defoe (author – Robinson Crusoe)
On This Day:
1970 Gambia becomes a republic (and part of the Commonwealth)
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