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4th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1892 Francisco Franco (Spanish dictator)
Died:
1993 Frank Zappa (musician)
On This Day:
1982 China adopts its constitution
Have a good Tuesday, 4th December
25th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1914 Joe DiMaggio (Baseball Hall of Fame)
Died:
2016 Fidel Castro (Revolutionary and leader of Cuba)
On This Day:
1958 Senegal becomes autonomous (within the French Community)
Have a good Sunday, 25th November
9th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1966 Adam Sandler (actor – Happy Gilmore)
Died:
1976 Mao Zedong (revolutionary and leader of China)
On This Day
1850 California becomes the 31st State of the USA
Have a good Sunday, 9th September
25th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Sean Connery (actor – James Bond)
Died:
2012 Neil Armstrong (first man to walk on the Moon)
On This Day:
1940 Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania all become part of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Have a good Saturday, 25th August
13th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1926 Fidel Castro (revolutionary and leader of Cuba)
Died:
1910 Florence Nightingale (British nurse during the Crimean War – The Lady With The Lamp)
On This Day:
1960 Central Africa Republic declares independence (from France)
Have a good Monday, 13th August
15th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1953 Xi Jinping (President of The People’s Republic of China)
Died:
1996 Ella Fitzgerald (singer)
On This Day:
1215 King John (England) signs the Magna Carta (at Runnymede)
Have a good Friday, 15th June
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22nd April – On This Day In History
Born:
1870 Vladimir Lenin (Marxist Revolutionary)
Died:
1998 Kitch Christie (South African World Cup winning rugby coach)
On This Day:
1889 Official start of the Oklahoma Land Rush (although they went Sooner…)
Have a good Sunday, 22nd April
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10th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1915 Harry Morgan (actor – M*A*S*H, Dragnet)
Died:
1993 Chris Hani (Secretary General of the South African Communist Party)
On This Day:
1841 The New York Tribune begins publishing
Have a good Tuesday, 10th April
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14th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1879 Albert Einstein (physicist & Nobel Laureate)
Died:
1883 Karl Marx (philosopher – Communist Manifesto)
On This Day:
2017 Muirfield Golf Club (world’s oldest golf club) votes to accept women members
6th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1955 Rowan Atkinson (comedian & actor – Mr Bean)
Died:
1995 Joe Slovo (South African activist)
On This Day:
1912 New Mexico becomes the 47th State of the USA
Have a good Saturday, 6th January
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