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10th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1509 John Calvin (protestant religious reformer and founder of Calvinism)
Died:
2015 Omar Sharif (actor – Doctor Zhivago)
On This Day:
1890 Wyoming becomes the 44th State of the USA
Have a good Tuesday, 10th July
28th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1491 Henry VIII, founder of the Church of England
Died:
1914 Franz Ferdinand (Archduke of Austria – assassination that triggered World War 1)
On This Day:
1926 Mercedes Benz forms (merger of DMG and Benz & Cie)
Have a good Thursday, 28th June
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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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15th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1920 Mario Puzo (author – “The Godfather”)
Died:
2011 Betty Driver (actress)
On This Day:
1880 Koln Cathedral completed (took 633 years)
Have a good Sunday, 15th October
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