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1st January – On This Day In History
Born:
1919 JD Salinger (author – Catcher In The Rye)
Died:
1953 Hank Williams (country singer)
On This Day:
1801 The Irish Parliament votes to join the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland)
Have a good Tuesday, 1st January
30th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1865 Rudyard Kipling (author – Jungle Book)
Died:
1970 Sonny Liston (boxer)
On This Day:
1947 Romania declared a republic
Have a good Sunday, 30th December
21st December – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Samuel L Jackson (actor)
Died:
1940 F Scott Fitzgerald (author – The Great Gatsby)
On This Day:
1923 Nepal becomes independent (was a British Protectorate)
Have a good Friday, 21st December
19th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1961 Reggie White (NFL Defensive end, Green Bay Packers)
Died:
1848 Emily Bronte (novelist – Wuthering Heights)
On This Day:
1945 The re-establishment of the Austrian Republic
Have a good Wednesday, 19th December
3rd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Ozzy Osbourne (heavy metal musician – Black Sabbath)
Died:
1894 Robert Louis Stevenson (author – Treasure Island)
On This Day:
1818 Illinois becomes the 21st State of the USA
Have a good Monday, 3rd December
2nd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1973 Monica Seles (tennis champion)
Died:
1814 Marques de Sade (writer – terms sadism and sadist come from his name)
On This Day:
1969 First public preview of the Boeing 747
Have a good Sunday, 2nd December
29th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1898 CS Lewis (author – Narnia series)
Died:
1986 Cary Grant (actor)
On This Day:
1962 Britain and France agree to jointly build Concorde
Have a good Thursday, 29th November
27th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 Bruce Lee (actor & martial arts expert)
Died:
2014 PD James (author)
On This Day:
2013 Frozen (highest grossing animated film of all time) is released
Have a good Tuesday, 27th November
21st November – On This Day In History
Born:
1694 Voltaire (philosopher & writer)
Died:
2017 David Cassidy (singer & actor)
On This Day:
1789 North Carolina ratifies The Constitution and officially becomes the 12th State of the USA
Have a good Wednesday, 21st November
20th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1923 Nadine Gordimer (author & Nobel Prize winner)
Died:
1910 Leo Trotsky (author – War And Peace)
On This Day:
1917 Ukraine declares itself a republic
Have a good Tuesday, 20th November
