classical music
16th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)
Died:
1980 Colonel Sanders (founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken)
On This Day:
1838 Battle of Blood River (Zulu armies defeated by the Voortrekkers in Natal, South Africa)
Have a good Sunday, 16th December
19th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1962 Jodie Foster (actress – Silence Of The Lambs)
Died:
1828 Franz Schubert (composer)
On This Day:
1863 Abraham Lincoln delivers The Gettysburg Address
Have a good Monday, 19th November
6th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1970 Ethan Hawke (actor – Dead Poets Society)
Died:
1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (composer – Swan Lake)
On This Day:
1844 Dominican Republic granted independence (by Spain)
Have a good Tuesday, 6th November
4th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1916 Walter Cronkite (broadcast journalist)
Died:
1847 Felix Mendelssohn (pianist and composer)
On This Day:
1875 Tonga adopts its constitution
Have a good Sunday, 4th November
31st March – On This Day In History
Born:
1685 Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)
Died:
1727 Isaac Newton (physicist and astronomer)
On This Day:
1889 The opening of the Eiffel Tower
Have a good Saturday, 31st March
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4th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1678 Antonio Vivaldi (composer)
Died:
1994 John Candy (actor)
On This Day:
1791 Vermont becomes the 14th State of the USA
Have a good Sunday, 4th March
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1st March – On This Day In History
Born:
1810 Fredric Chopin (composer & pianist)
Died:
1984 Jackie Coogan (actor)
On This Day:
1803 Ohio becomes the 17th State of the USA
have a good Thursday, 1st March
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6th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1970 Ethan Hawke (actor)
Died:
1893 Tchaikovsky (composer)
On This Day:
1918 Poland proclaims itself a republic
Have a good Monday, 6th November
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20th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1827 Josef Strauss (composer)
Died:
2016 Irving Fields (composer)
On This Day:
1960 Senegal declares independence (from Mali Federation)
Have a good Sunday, 20th August
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28th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1866 Beatrix Potter (children’s author)
Died:
1750 Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)
On This Day:
1821 Peru declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Friday, 28th July
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