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28th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1757 William Blake (poet)
Died:
2010 Lesley Nielsen (actor & comedian)
On This Day:
2012 The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey – premiers (in New Zealand)
Have a good Wednesday, 28th November
13th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1955 Whoopi Goldberg (actress & comedian)
Died:
1973 Elsa Schiaparelli (fashion designer)
On This Day:
2015 ISIS terror attacks in Paris kill 129
Have a good Tuesday, 13th November
30th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1451 Christopher Columbus (European to discover and start settlement of the New World – although this is disputed)
Died:
2000 Steve Allen (comedian and actor)
On This Day:
1990 The Channel Tunnel is completed by Britain and France, under the English Channel
Have a good Tuesday, 30th October
11th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1957 Dawn French (actor & comedian – Vicar of Dibley)
Died:
2015 Dean Chance (baseball player)
On This Day:
1972 Panama adopts its constitution
Have a good Thursday, 11th October
3rd October – On This Day In History
Born:
1959 Fred Couples (golfer – Master Champion)
Died:
2005 Ronnie Barker (actor & comedian – The Two Ronnies)
On This Day:
1932 Iraq gains independence (from Britain)
Have a good Wednesday, 3rd October
19th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Jeremy Irons (actor – The Lion King)
Died:
2017 Jake LaMotta (boxing champion)
On This Day:
1975 “Fawlty Towers” (with John Cleese) premiers
Have a good Wednesday, 19th September
29th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1958 Michael Jackson (singer & songwriter)
Died:
2016 Gene Wilder (actor – Charlie And The Chocolate Factory)
On This Day:
1964 Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins is released
Have a good Wednesday, 29th August
7th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1975 Charlize Theron (South African actress – Monster, Mad Max)
Died:
1957 Oliver Hardy (comedian – Laurel & Hardy)
On This Day:
1990 Operation Desert Shield begins with the deployment of US troops to protect Saudi Arabia
Have a good Tuesday, 7th August
25th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1923 Estelle Getty (actress – The Golden Girls)
Died:
1834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Romantic poet)
On This Day In History
1957 Republic of Tunisia forms (monarchy abolished)
Have a good Wednesday, 25th July
24th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1802 Alexander Dumas (author – The Three Musketeers)
Died:
1980 Peter Sellers (actor & comedian – The Pink Panther)
On This Day:
1927 The Menin Gate is unveiled in Ypres (memorial to those who are missing in the battlefields of Flanders in World War 1)
Have a good Tuesday, 24th July
