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9th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1920 Richard Adams (author – Watership Down)
Died:
1986 Tenzing Norgay (first to summit Everest with Edmund Hillary)
On This Day:
1092 Lincoln Cathedral consecrated
Have a good Wednesday, 9th May
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29th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1936 Mary Tyler Moore (actress)
Died:
1170 Thomas Becket (English Archbishop)
On This Day:
1845 Texas admitted as the 28th State of the USA
Have a good Friday, 29th December
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25th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1642 Isaac Newton (physicist – Gravity and the Laws of Motion)
Died:
1977 Charlie Chaplin (actor & comedian)
On This Day:
352 Earliest definitive date that Christmas would have been celebrated on the 25th December
Have a good, and blessed, Christmas – Monday 25th December
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17th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1936 Pope Francis (1st Jesuit Pope)
Died:
2011 Kim Jong-il (leader of North Korea)
On This Day:
1935 First flight of the Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain)
Have a good Sunday, 17th December
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2nd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1973 Monica Seles (tennis champ)
Died:
1814 Marquis de Sade (philosopher & writer – the words sadist & sadism originate from his name)
On This Day:
1697 St Paul’s Cathedral consecrated (the original was destroyed in the Great Fire of London)
Have a good Saturday, 2nd December
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10th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1483 Martin Luther (major contributor to the Protestant Reformation)
Died:
2007 Norman Mailer (author)
On This Day:
1965 Manneke Pis statue stolen (in Brussels)
Have a good Friday, 10th November
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