Africa
2nd October – On This Day In History
Born:
1869 Mahatma Gandhi (Indian human rights pacifist)
Died:
1803 Samuel Adams (US Revolutionary)
On This Day:
1958 Guinea gains independence (from France)
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29th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1758 Horatio Nelson (British admiral, hero of Trafalgar)
Died:
2010 Tony Curtis (actor)
On This Day:
1966 Botswana gains independence (was British, called Bechuanaland)
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23rd September – On This Day In History
Born:
1215 Kublai Khan (Mongol Emperor)
Died:
1939 Sigmund Freud (pioneering psychologist)
On This Day:
1979 Somali constitution approved
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17th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1819 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius (first President of the Republic of South Africa)
Died:
1985 Laura Ashley (fashion designer)
On This Day:
1900 Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed
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27th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1908 Donald (Don) Bradman (Australian cricketer)
Died:
1919 Louis Botha (South African statesman and general)
On This Day:
1828 Uruguay gains independence
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26th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1910 Mother Teresa (nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner)
Died:
1974 Charles Lindbergh (aviator)
On This Day:
1974 Guinea – Bissau declares independence (from Portugal)
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22nd August – On This Day In History
Born:
1964 Mats Wilander (tennis champion)
Died:
1978 Jomo Kenyatta (first Prime Minister of Kenya)
On This Day:
1485 Battle of Bosworth Field (Henry Tudor defeats King Richard III)
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