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9th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 John Lennon (musician – The Beatles)
Died:
1967 Che Guevara (Marxist revolutionary)
On This Day:
1962 Uganda becomes independent (from Britain)
Have a good Tuesday, 9th October
7th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey, Beatles drummer)
Died:
1930 Arthur Conan Doyle (author – Sherlock Holmes)
On This Day:
1930 Construction begin on the Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
Have a good Saturday, 7th July
18th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1942 Paul McCartney (musician and member of The Beatles)
Died:
1928 Roald Amundsen (led first polar expedition to the South Pole)
On This Day:
1953 Egypt proclaimed as a republic
Have a good Monday, 18th June
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9th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1934 Yuri Gagarin (Russian cosmonaut and first man in space)
Died:
2016 George Martin (record producer – The Beatles)
On This Day:
1834 The French Foreign Legion is founded
Have a good Friday, 9th March
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9th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1951 Helen Zille (South African political leader)
Died:
2016 George Martin (record producer of The Beatles)
On This Day:
1834 The French Foreign Legion is founded
Have a good Thursday, 9th March
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18th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1933 Yoko Ono (singer, artist and wife of John Lennon)
Died:
1564 Michelangelo (artist, sculptor)
On This Day:
1885 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published (by Mark Twain)
Have a good Saturday, 18th February
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30th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1882 Franklin Roosevelt (32nd President of the USA)
Died:
1948 Mahatma Ghandi (Indian political and spiritual leader – pacifist)
On This Day:
1969 The Beatles perform their last live gig (London)
Have a good Monday, 30th January
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8th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1925 Sammy Davis Jr (singer & actor)
Died:
1980 John Lennon (Beatles)
On This Day:
1991 Romania adopts its constitution
Have a good Thursday, 8th December
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7th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 Ringo Starr (drummer – Beatles)
Died:
1930 Arthur Conan Doyle (author and creator of Sherlock Holmes)
On This Day:
1981 A solar powered aircraft, the Solar Challenger, flies across the English Channel (163 mile trip)
Have a good Thursday, 7th July
25th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1943 George Harrison (rocker)
Died:
1994 Hugh Tayfield (South African cricketer)
On This Day:
1919 The League of Nations set up by treaty in Paris
Have a good Thursday, 25th February
