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28th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1866 Beatrix Potter (children’s author & illustrator – Peter Rabbit)
Died:
1741 Antonio Vivaldi (composer – The Four Seasons)
On This Day:
1821 Peru declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Saturday, 28th July
22nd May – On This Day In History
Born:
1813 Richard Wagner (composer)
Died:
1972 Cecil Day Lewis (poet)
On This Day:
1933 Reported first sighting of the Loch Ness Monster
Have a good Tuesday, 22nd May
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26th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1874 Robert Frost (poet)
Died:
1827 Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)
On This Day:
1839 First Henley Regatta
Have a good Monday, 26th March
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27th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer)
Died:
2010 JD Salinger (novelist – Catcher In The Rye)
On This Day:
1939 First flight of Lockheed’s P-38 Lightning
Have a good Saturday, 27th January
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19th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1938 Ted Turner (founder of CNN)
Died:
1828 Franz Schubert (composer)
On This Day:
1998 “Portrait Of The Artist Without Beard” (van Gogh) sells for $71.5 million
Have a good Sunday, 19th November
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13th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1660 Daniel Defoe (author of Robinson Crusoe)
Died:
1996 Tupac Shakur (rapper and actor)
On This Day:
122 Building of Hadrian’s Wall (England) begins, by the Romans
Have a good Wednesday, 13th September
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6th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1943 Roger Waters (musician – Pink Floyd)
Died:
1994 James Clavell (author – Shogun)
On This Day:
1620 The Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England heading for the New World
Have a good Wednesday, 6th September
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